Camera Tips!

There are several camera techniques that can change the message and response in films; field of view, camera angle, camera lens, camera focus, and camera movement. Field of view can change the message coming across in films in two ways. If the camera is close to the subject and in focus then this creates the audience to feel closer to the subject, when the camera is further away from the subject that creates the audience to feel further away or separated from the subject. Camera angle can have three roles, powerful/ threatening, sympathetic/ superior, and trust. When the camera is looking up at a subject that makes the message come across as that person or thing is threatening or has more power than the subject doing the looking up. When the camera angle is looking down it does the opposite it creates the feeling of sympathy or being superior, and when the camera angle is level (eye to eye) that creates the feeling of trust between both subjects. Camera focus is another key technique, it helps direct the attention and control of the subject and plot. A soft focus can imply unclear thoughts, softness, a memory, whereas a sharp focus is reality.