Macro(meaning)Narrative
Style
Genre
Representation
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What tool are we looking at? Cinematography.
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The character is shouting which suggests he is very distressed as to something.
The world has been taken over by apes and the Statue of Liberty is covered in sand. The Statue of Liberty has gone down which suggests lack of peace.
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Style
Despotism film
Genre
From the clip it could suggest that the film is a Rom/Com as there is a man and a woman. However, it isn't. It is more drama based as it shows and focuses on the characters and their emotions. - post apocalyptic.
It could suggest society, although the characters are dressed in rags and with a horse which could suggest that we have almost rewinded back to the Stone Age.
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Cinematography - Narrative
The first shot shows the isolation of the scene as it is a long shot.
It is mostly shot from above (Birdseye shot) which suggest that the characters are insignificant to the rest of the planet.
The camera shot becomes closer to him to show his animalistic ways which are very similar to the ways an ape would act. (Close up shot)
The camera shot at the end is mid-long as it shows the abandoned beach whilst showing the 'peace figure' of America it also shows she is superior to the human as her spikes frame so of the shot.
The camera angle from above (high angle) also shows that the animals(horses in this case) are more dominant than the humans.
The panning shots suggest to show the isolation of the beach and planet.
The Long shot foreshadows an event.
Atomic bomb- we have blown up humanity.
They leave it on a cliff hanger in order to portray a message to the audience that we are causing damage to the world.
The camera doesn't follow the man breakdown as it wishes to portray he is weak and powerless as to almost look down on him. He is completed isolated and lost.
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Find out All the things we look at to do with cinematography.
Cinematography Acting of capturing photographic images in space
Deep focus- depth of a field applied to the area focus
Shallow focus- narrow depth of a field. Implies only one pane of the frame will remain sharp and clear
Racking focus- change the focus of the lens
Zoom shot- change the focal length
Rate- the standard for a film is 24 frames per second. More frames. Slower film.
