Planning cinematography

What is the purpose of cinematography?

The purpose of cinematography is to create an effect with all the different camera shots you use. Camera shots are important to include within a music video because they give off effects that may make the audience feel emotion, it can also build tension, excitement and suspense or give the feeling that something is about to happen. Cinematography is the technique of movie photography including both the shooting and development of the film.

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What cinematography will you include and why?

In our movie we will use a range of cinematography, we will use some fast paced shots to create an effect of drama for example when the car crash happens and the girl dies. Slow paced shots will be used when filming in the graveyard to create a sense of sadness and to show how upset and how much he misses his girlfriend, we want the audience to feel his pain by doing this. The use of high angled shots and low angled shots will be used throughout as well. The high angled shot will be used when the man and his girlfriend are together outside the pub looking over the beautiful, romantic sights of London this gives off a sense that they are very happy together and are enjoying each others company all through the use of the shot. A low angled shot will be used when he is kneeling down on the grave where his girlfriend has been buried this shot is used to reflect the true feelings that he is going through and the true distraughtness will be brought out for the audience to see.


How is your cinematography conventional to your music genre?

My cinematography is conventional to my music genre because the editing goes from slow paced to high paced which you see a lot in dance music videos because the dancing always varies at one point. The dancing can be very lively and energetic but then can change suddenly to prolonged exagerated dancing which involves the slow paced editing therefore, i believe the contrast from slow to fast paced editing works well for my music video. Also the high and low shots work well because sometimes the artists in dance videos are on stage therefore, the high shot shows they have got power and shows they are the main person in the video this is what the man in our music video we created is being portrayed as.


How does it build a relationship with your target audience?

It builds a relationship with the target audience because it reels the viewer in to what is going on. The shots that we have filmed are supposed to be dramatic and leave the viewer on the edge of their seats e.g. when the car crash happens we want to leave them wanting to know weather she died or survived. Also we want to create tension when the shots are being filmed as if it is actually happening this all builds a relationship with the audience and they will hopefully find the music video interesting and explaining the story that we have created or might find it totally boring and unconventional.