Planning cinematography-Miss Miller

Cinematography is used in all different genres of films, but in thriller films cinematography is important due to  the audience being able to understand what is happening during the film and to emphasis certain points. For our thriller we have planned to use a variety of different camera angles to portray different characters importance in the film. By using different angles throughout the film it allows us to create more tension or suspense in the film, making us to be able to show the genre more.

The audience will be able to relate to the character as the different angles of the camera being used allows the audience to see characters in different lights. For example we used the camera being from point of view of the murderer. This allowed the audience to see from the murderers point of view and to allow the audience to understand the venerable position which the victim is in, building tension and suspense as we can see what is going to happen where as the victim is unaware, making this type of angle conventional to a thriller.

One of the first angled we used was a mid shot of the house, showing the setting. This helped create an eery atmosphere and build tension helping show the audience the genre of what there going to watch. The camera then shows a zooming out of the house and then zooms in to the door, showing this surrounding setting. Allowing the audience to see that its in an isolated setting although you can hear the sounds of a main road, making a contrast as usually it would be a quite which is stereotypical to a thriller when a murder is apparant.

Another angle we used was a zooming in, zooming in allows the audience to see what is most important in the scene, emphasising the important parts of the narrative allowing the audience to understand it further and for more thriller conventions to be created.

Panning being used in the narrative allows  the audience to see all of the setting, causing the audience to interpret what is going to happen, also it builds tension because it creates more of the narrative.

The narrative being filmed by a handheld camera allows the audience to begin to understand how chaotic the scene taking place is. Also the camera being held will make the picture appear more shaken, showing the audience the urgency the victim in the scene may be in.

From using these  variety of different camera angles and conventions of cinematography it allows the audience to interpret the film for themselves, and allows them to understand the thriller genre further.