The Calm Before the Coming Storm Part 3 | Blog Post #11

 POWER DYNAMICS. How do we make a power dynamic more apparent? Well, thank you for asking my disciple, relationships between characters can be told through costuming, lighting, as well as camera work. Today we will be discussing camera work. Specifically, what kind of angles we will associate with each character.

The antagonist is going to be the easiest with low angle shots that put him in a position of power. This will further emphasize how much power he has over the protagonist. The protagonist will be looked down on with high angle shots. This further supports the power dynamic idea. Additionally we may have the protagonist physically lower such as sitting down while antagonist looms over them

Generally, there will be a large use of mid-shots as it will be surrounding one scene. The film may also use master shots to give a general idea of environment. We will use close ups to emphasize emotions as well. This is to fully exposure the two characters ideas as they change across the course of the story. We will also use Steadicams to create another perspective view to look at the characters.

These camera angle variations will result in more cinematic perspectives to be created. This creates diversity in cinematography. Yet another improvement from the previous film. I'll see you guys in the next post where we will talk about lighting.