Planning cinematography - Miss Miller

Cinematography is important because the film wouldn't make sense without the use of different camera angles and the film wouldn't be exciting as camera angles create excitement for the audience.  without cinematography, the film would be very boring for the audience and wouldn't interest them which is important as your film needs to interest the audience to be success.Cinematography is pivotal in all film genres specially in thrillers as,camera angles are important because they create tension for the audience. Without a variety of camera angles within thriller films, the film wouldn't be jumpy or create a tense atmosphere therefore it wouldn't be a successful film. Its important to use different angles in films to keep the audience engaged and to create different emotions amongst audience. Our group needed to plan ahead because we were able to revise different camera angles and incorporate them into our main narrative.  Also it would increase the different emotions and feelings created that are conventional to thrillers.

In our opening scene we are planning to use different camera angles to create different effects on the audience. We planned our angles thoroughly to ensure that they would create feelings conventional to thrillers. We went through each individual scene to see what camera angles were needed. The first shot we used was a close up of the girls face. We used this specicifc shot as we believed that it would set the atmoshpere for the rest of the play and help establish the mood of our thriller, we mainly thought to use a close up at the begining of the sequence to help the girl be percieved to have more power than innitially. A close up is also conventional to the thriller genre as it creates tension and suspense amongst the audience as they can see what she is going through from close up and gain her perspective on things. Furthemore it would provoke the audeince to react in a way which the feel sympathy for the vicitim. This would ultimatley add to the relationship between both the audience and the characters as the feel empathy for the victim meaning that they're more likely to keep engaged with the storyline, as they feel connected with the characters. We will use it repeatedly in the opening scene is a, close up shot mainly to build suspense and tension within the audience. We will use close ups on the girl to emphasise the fact that she is young, this would make the audience feel on the edge of their seats as their anticipating the girls next move. Close ups of the girls face would add tension to the scene as the tranquility and individuality of the girl.Furthermore this would be conventional to the thriller genre as it keeps the audience engaged and interested. Close ups are very important within thrillers as it shows characters facial expressions with clarity, they also show pain in which characters may be experiencing, this would help build a relationship with the audience as the feel sympathetic.


Another used that we used was an establishing shot of the road of where the opening scene is set. We used an establishing shot to show the audience a open view of where the scene is set so they understand the location. We will hope the shot look quite a dark and preserve the road as creepy so the audience are on suspense for the rest of the clip. The shot is conventional to the thriller genre as the establishing shot presents to the audience its set in a mysterious place which is stereotypical place for thrillers to be set in. Its also conventional to thrillers because it makes the audience feel tense because they're seeing the normality of the situation but the imortality of the girl.The establishing shot will also build a relationship between the victims and the audience as its set in a dark place and the victims are children, the audience will sympathise for them as they will put themselves in the given circumstance, and therefore building a relationship between them. This specific camera angle will make our thriller more effective as it will have a direct corollation with typical thrillers.



Another shot that we will use is the high angle shot, we will use high angle shots frequently of the girl so that the audience are aware of who the victim is. We will use a high angle shot when the girl walks through the forest as it would create an image of the girl as powerless and the location of the forest being more significant, and furthermore emphasises the vulnerablilty of the girl. It would make the girl seem younger than she actually is because the highness of the shot makes her seem smaller. It also makes the relationship between the audience and character more evident as the audience feel more compassionate with the victim, resulting in them engaging more with the whole storyline. Another example of where we will use high angle shot would be when the girl is getting ready at the beginning, we mainly decided to use this particular shot because it would make the scene more dramatic as the audience sees the girl from another perspective. By using high angle shots it will make the girl look powerless when in comparison to her surroundings so the audience will become aware that the girl is the main focal point of the scene. Also by using high angles the audience will build a relationship with the killer as they will feel envious towards her.

Our opening sequence will involve a large variation of cinematography, to create  suspense and build tension with the audience which are convectional to thrillers. Our different camera angles will keep the audience engaged and prevent them from losing interest.Cinematography is conventional to thrillers as its the main element which builds tension and suspense in thriller films which has to be a
success otherwise the audience will lose interest.