Cinematography Lesson

In our media lesson, we watched three videos:

Chicken Run (6:50 - 9:56)

After watching part of Chicken Run, I think the film makers are really clever by using the sky light to 'hint' us about the mood changing and what is going to happen. When Fowler the Rooster is standing on top of the house, the sky light is surrounding him which suggests that he is powerful and has a high position if the camp. When Mrs. Tweedy enters the camp, the sky changes into dark and stormy which suggests that Mrs. Tweedy is a evil character and also suggests that something bad is going to happen. At the end of the clip, there is a close-up of Ginger which suggests that she is going to make a change and she is the one in power. I think these cinematography are really clever because they all make us realise what is going on without using any words or dialogue. In my film production, I am sure I would use 'hints' to warn the audience what would happen just like they did in Chicken Run.

Wallace and Gromit, Curse of the Were Rabbit - The bit when Wallace uses his luna-light powered brainwash machine to brainwash the rabbits which did not end up as well as he though it would.

This clip gave people a gothic feel as there is a long shot from the beginning showing everything is shinned by moonlight giving them shadow which make everything scarier, so when the machine is turned on, it suggests that the experiment will not go well. The switch of the brainwash machine is labeled clearly which also suggests that something will go wrong due to the switch of the machine. Again I would love to use 'hints' to warn the audience what would happen later on in the film just like what they did in this film.

John Lewis Home Insurance Advert 2013 - Things Matter

This advert makes everything came into live; it made everything as if there were animal e.g rug move like a snake, spoon look like meerkats...I think this is really clever because giving a live to an object makes them more important which matches the objective of the advert - Things Matter. I would love to use this kind of animation is my film production but I think it would be too time consuming as we have to move the object step by step.