This an imaginary line that goes between two characters which the camera or set of cameras must not cross. Its a mainstream type of editing as it allows and keeps continuity. It uses different combination of shots such as shot reverse shot and over the shoulder shot to show conversation between two characters it also engages the viewer by letting them know who a character is talking to or talking about, the main purpose of the 180 degree rule is to keep one character on a particular and another character on the other side of the screen the rule also follows the action as it happens. We can seethe rule been used alot in the trailer of man of steel mainly during conversations.
Friday, 6 November 2015
the opening scene is a long shot of the little girl in her room which makes it look very small and isolated and on her own making her very vulnerable. the shot is at a low angle slowly zooming in to her face which is suggesting that something is coming from underneath the bed and down below is normally associated with hell so something evil may be coming from under.
when her father walks in they kept continuity very well with the use of the 180 degree rule as you can see with the screenshots provided on the left. you can see the rule was applied and used well, all the shots stayed on one side of the action line. also here they used a two shot which was obviously to capture both people in the shot but also it is a very good example of one.
In this screenshot the doll is position in a weird way, us as the viewers we know that because this a horror/thriller a little girl and/or a doll is normally possessed is a convention on the genre but also the doll is surrounded by other childish toys that look harmless and cute which contrast between the two because one is innocent while the other one is evil creating juxtaposition.
In this shot there is a low angle shot of the doll showing that it is dominant
The costume that the girl is wearing implies that the doll was once innocence and it also shows that she may be vulnerability and that she may be entrapped in somebody else's body.
In this short film you instantly aware that this is going to be a thriller by just the location alone. as you can see the guy roaming around is on a dark abandoned road in which no car are coming or going at any point in the movie showing that it is deserted. the fact that it is deserted makes the character vulnerable and makes it easier for the antagonist to get to the victim, so that shows the genre from the outset and throughout.
In the movie the person roaming as you can see looks like he is wearing normal everyday clothes showing this is just a normal day for him nothing out of the usual until he encounters the smiling man. the smiling man is wearing a suit and in thrillers a suit is can be iconic to an antagonist.
in this film the scene is quick dark and not a lot of light as you can see or tell most of the light is coming from the street lights that seem to be quite strong. when we are looking at the antagonist there is a constant use of low key lighting so that we as the viewers are kept in suspense and we don't know much about the smiling man, i the thriller genre this is used to show the mystery man or antagonist, so by seeing the lighting on him we know that he is the mystery man.
on the other hand we have a lot of high key lighting making it much easier for us to see the roaming man and his facial expressions because he is our main character and also our victim so we need to see and feel how is feeling from at the start when he was thinking the smiling man is a drunk man walking the streets at night to when he is cautious about being around him and using high key lighting helps us to get that understanding.
Throughout the film they used a lot of close ups and what the close ups did was to tell or inform us of the mental state of the main character. as you can see his facial expressions are changing as the film progresses as he and we learn more about this mysterious smiling man, at first he thought he was a drunk stumbling on the pavement so he is smiling.
Then he starts to get worried because he is staring at him and we can see that very well because of the use of close ups.
Now we see that he is very cautious about being around this smiling man and he is trying to go away. so by using close ups we can see the contrast of how he felt at the start which was relaxed and settled strolling to a destination maybe his house.
in this long shot you can see the dark location and how the smiling man is framed in it so we can imagine what it would be like in the man's perspective, but still you can't see his face which maintains the mystery of the smiling man.
the use of POV allows us to see exactly what he is seeing and makes us feel more engaged in the film making that thriller feel of something bad happening.
also the use of a low angle shot showing that he is more power or dominate over the man.
in the start of the film there was some music playing which was non diegetic sound which was in the minor key i think which is normally used for serious or sad music this is showing us that something bad is going to happen or nothing good is going to come out of this situation. The the music changed into some uncomfortable sounds that is quite loud and screeching which suggest some sort of danger.
