★ CAMERAWORK BLOG TASK ★ 

★ The close up shot of the lady communicates to the audience how distraught she was when sacrificing but confident and strong she was being. This has a sympathetic effect on the viewer as all they can do is sit and watch the lady sacrifice herself for the world.

★ This over the shoulder shot shows how big, stressful and complicated this mission is, with all the buttons and bright lights. Its also a low angle shot which also emphasizes the severity of the situation, making us feel small and almost insignificant and unhelpful to the task.

★ This close-up shot forces the audience to focus on her facial expressions, which are very concerned and worried. Because the camera is behind the computer, the audience may be confused or maybe intrigued by the mystery.

★ This high angle shot shows how tedious and overwhelming the mission is. By looking down at him, it makes it seem like high-stake task. It also makes him seem small compared and unhelpful.

★ The split-screen shows the characters working as a team, which brings hope. The dark lighting and worried faces show fear and danger. The rusted metal and blue wires make the screen look secret and hidden, showing how bad the situation is.

★ EXTENSION TASK:: STRANGER THINGS 

★ This scene uses a low-angle medium shot to make the kids look brave and heroic. By filming low down, the audience looks right into their bright headlights, the camera highlights their courage against the scary, almost nerve-wracking darkness around them. 

🎬 mise-en-scene

:: Mise-en-scene: Stranger Things analysis

Costume: The character at the start is wearing a white lab coat, this suggests to the audience he is a scientist or works in a laboratory. He's also wearing a lanyard which could suggest there's more scientists that work along with him. The white lab coat connotes science and professionalism, but may also suggest he does secret experiments.

Lighting: The lighting is dark and has a blue(ish?), green(ish???) tint. This creates a mysterious and creepy atmosphere, making the audience feel uneasy. The shadows connote danger and secrets suggesting something strange could be happening.

Setting: The character is standing in a narrow, enclosed facility with boring, plain walls. This suggests that he is in a laboratory. The narrow setting connotes the man is trapped or isolated, making the audience curious about whats going on.

Body language:

The man looks frightened and panicked after running into the lift to escape from whatever was chasing him. This suggests he is in danger and is desperate to survive. His scared expression creates tension and makes the audience feel worried for him. It also builds suspense because the audience wants to know whats chasing him.

:: Introduction to photoshop ★

 

:: Introduction to photoshop!

★ From the list of words for a colour palette, i chose fruity. The reason i chose the image i did it because of  how colourful and tropical it is, it really matched the prompt and it actually reminded me of the colours of a parrot. I chose the colours for the same reason, they were tropical and colourful and really matched the prompt.

★ The task was so fun and i really enjoyed it! I found the task somewhat easy, there were a few parts that i struggled with, like opening the parrot image and working out how to switch between images to colour it but used the task instructions on macguffin blog to find out what to do.

★ If i were to do anything different i would choose a different, more unique colour palette and colour my parrot not so traditionally. Maybe id try to convey something rather than just colouring it like any other parrot.