Wednesday, September 24, 2008

How is camerawork used in this excerpt of 'Shameless' ?

In this excerpt of 'Shameless' I will identify the different shots and write about their effects.
The first one is a deep focus shot, which shows the persons in the background are less important then Marty in the foreground. After the two persons had left the room a two shot, medium close up shows them and a private conversation between the two characters is taking place.In the next scene a high angle shot shows Marty in his room. This creates a kind of loneliness and supports the mood. The camera jumped in and used a medium close up of Marty's face to show his emotions.

Then in the next scene the camera is tracking a car, that means the characters in the car are significant. After the camera show us, through an establishing shot, the place where the scene is it jumped back to Marty in his room. Then he is running towards the camera, which is static and focused. This creates a sense of urgency and speed.

At the next shot the camera is going down to show that Marty is carrying patrol, and through tracking him we know his plan. Thereby the camera is under the car, an Atmosphere is created if the audience would be there. We can see Marty is walking to the car. When he is pouring the patrol all over the car, the camera jumps unsteady to follow it and show instability.

An over the shoulder shot is used often from now on. We can see the lighter in focus and that creates danger which is typical for TV Dramas.
Series of two shots are put into place two show all the different characters and their feelings. To show again the setting and where everything is medium close ups and master shots are used between this scene.
Then an extreme close up of the lighter reminds the audience at the danger. Another Close up shows the cigarette and the fire at the petrol trail. After the car had exploded the camera shows the different feelings of the people through medium close ups. Some are shocked and other are amused.

1 comment:

Mr Shaikh said...

Well done Mareen - good to see that your blog is up to date. It is also well designed and its simplicity works well.

Feedback on your 'Shameless' deconstruction is on your hard copy.