Carter Vance

The John Wick movies make use of several techniques in cinematography and camera angles to create a suspenseful and engaging story. The films frequently use wide shots to show the expansive, dangerous world that John Wick inhabits. These shots establish the setting and give the viewer a sense of the scale of the action. He is always position in large spaces with attacks coming from multiple angles. The films also use close-ups to create emotion, particularly during moments of violence. These shots focus on the actors' faces and show their expressions. They are meant to make you feel for the sheer brutality of the action and how each character is badly bruised and injured throughout. John Wick is known for its long, continuous takes, which add to the intensity and realism of the action scenes. These shots are choreographed carefully and you can almost tell how the camera shifts to show when John is winning or losing in the battles. Low-angle shots are used to make the characters ...

Cinematography and editing are two key parts of any moving picture as they work together to create visual interest.  Cinematography is the art of capturing motion pictures on film and then editing is the process of arranging the film to make for an interesting story.  When done right, this can enhance the story, create a mood or simply make you want to watch the film.  When I think about films I love its because these two principles were used correctly to make a story that is interesting.  How to establish the mood?  The way the scene is shot can determine how the viewer feels watching it.  For example, the low angle shot can make the character look powerful while a high angle can make the character look vulnerable.  In Thor, they use low angle shots to make Chris Hemsworth seem even bigger than he is in real life and making us think he is a real super hero.  How to build tension and suspense?  When done right, cinematography and editing can ...

 Alfred Hitchcock's use of angles and shots in the movie, Rear Window, is important to the way this movie is told and creates a sense of tension and suspense for the viewers.  One of the most important camera angles used in the movie is the point-of-view shot which lines about the viewing angle with the main character, Jeffry, so we see the story through his "lens"  He is stuck in a wheelchair and we can only see what is happening outside from his vantage point.  This allows us to feel connected to his experience.  This angle also reinforced the feeling of Jeffry being trapped. If the camera had moved, then the feeling of being stuck in a wheel chair would have been lost to the viewers.  Another important angle used in the film is the long shot, which shows the relationship between the environment and the characters.  The opening shot is of the courtyard where we are first introduced to all the characters.  This is a way to show where everyone is ...

Get Out is a  award winning 2017 horror-thriller film that was written and directed by Jordan Peele.  This was his first time directing a film  and by his own admission he chose to make particular film as a way to establish himself as an auteur.  His goal was to express how black people live in white spaces.  In this film, the movie focuses on an African-American man named Chris who is going to meet his white girlfriend's parents and discovers there is something happening on the estate that involving hypnosis and the transplanting of white people minds into black people's bodies.  One of the main themes in the movies is focused on racism and how African American people are often mistreated and their bodies are often misused.  The African American people are seen in servitude roles while the white people are shown as having wealth.  To show this difference, Peele uses close ups or lingering shots to create an uneasiness like when they are...