Research into Cinematography- Miss Miller

In this blog  Iwill be researching cinematography and I have chose to analyse cinematography of 'Scream 1'
Cinematography means different camera angles used. For example to create a strong focus on a subject the camera angle used will be deep focus; zoomed in and focused only on that subject.

Here is a clip below.
.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9Fy-XBW3FA
I have chosen this particular clip as it showed a number of different cinamatography, which will allow me to chose from many different camera angles and analyse the best one.

Within the few seconds of the clip, an establishing shot has been used; the overall appearance of the house has been shown, along with some limp hanging trees.
This shot has been used to show where the scene has taken place to inform the audience, so they are able to relate to the building.
 This shot is used to shows the opening of the narrative and to show misfortune is about to happen to the victim. The female victim is home alone which is another convention which the audience can relate to. In thrillers, the scene normally takes place in a small dark secluded room, school or house; a place which people feel the safest- an area where the audience can relate to, as they have been there some time in there lives. Houses are often a convention in thrillers because it seems more realistic and there can be a possibility of this happening to the audience - The idea is to make the scene more memorable and relatable to the audience.

Here shows the character on the phone to the killer: Scream. This is a close up camera angle of her but the background can be seen - the angle has been used to symbolise the importance of the phone and the importance of her facial expression whilst she talks. If the camera was not focused on the characters face it would harder to imagine how she could be feeling. The background has been shown to show which room she is, it also makes the audience concentrate more on the character - It also raised increases the impatience of the audience because they could hope that the killer could walk in to the room, it instantly makes the audience predict what could happen in the scene. The audience can relate to the character because she is casually talking on the phone which everyone can relate to. The idea of an anonymous caller can happen to anyone, because there are often telephone marketers/advertisers.

Nearing to the end of this clip, when she walks out of the kitchen to another room the camera steadily follows; the camera starts to use the panning technique. The character is still on the phone whilst walking. The panning technique is used to show the film is starting to develop and move further along the storyline. The pace of the camera is at a slow speed to create suspense and tense atmosphere. This will get the audience to follow along and become wary of what will happen. The panning technique is conventional to he thriller genre as it is usually used during a chase scene or an emotional scene to create a strong atmosphere.

When watching the clip, I found that the camera angles changed according to the characters movement, the camera concentrated on the character to capture the expressions and emotions she is feeling. The camera movement could be interpreted as someone watching her talk, this could be done on purpose to allow the audience to experience what screams feels and sees through his eyes.

Many of the events happening in the clip are relatable and realistic - This produces a stronger impression.