The film ghost was a successful film which was released in the year (1990). The film is a romantic comedy and is about, a young woman who is in danger and the ghost of her murdered lover tries to save her by having some sort of psychic powers. The first thing by watching this short extract from this film is that you can see, shot/reverse shots.There's areas where we see medium shots to long shots back and forth. This is effective as it get's the audience sutured, and the audience is being stitched into the narrative which keeps them engaged.
The camera movement in this extract is very effective, it directs our attention as the camera shot is a tracking shot as the camera follows the action along tracks laid for purpose. When the character is running away from things he is seeing, we're involved and we see his point of view as we are seeing what he is seeing, and have that kind of identification. Their are some areas were we see a close up view of the afraid character, this is effective as we see his facial expressions clearly and feel what he's going through. This also connotes power, as it draws the audience closer and we feel more engaged. Also, we sort of know what's going to happen, this connotes enigma codes what were thinking has been said in some aspects.
The long shot introduces the scene for the audience as it sets the time, place and setting which is very effective. Because we are introduced to the character, and straight away the way he walks and talks his body language connotes various of things. And we as an audience are indulged to it, moreover it creates mystery as we see by his actions he is very confused so from then on it creates enigma code as we know what may happen in a typical film like this. There are ranges of low key lighting in the extract, this is effective as the low key lighting is created by using only the key and back lights. This effect produces strong contrasts of light and dark and creates dramatic shadows. Which is called chiaroscuro, this is effective in this sequence as it connotes danger and then the tracking shot becomes more powerful so all this tension created is very effective and keeps the audience engaged.
This film is called Notorious and it was directed by Alfred Hitchcock, it was released in the year 1946.It's an american thriller about three people who get caught during their spy operation. The opening scene starts of with people talking, the movement of the camera is used to direct our attention and to emphasise the viewpoint. The camera is panning as it moves slowly on its axis side to side. This is effective, as it connotes the atmosphere that they are in and we as an audience feel more engaged as the camera is moving this way.
Then their is a tilt shot as the camera slowly moves up and we see a writing on the plate. This shot is effective, as it connotes this message could me meaningful or as it has a countries name on top of the door it may mean the location and where the people are at present. This is effective, as it gives the idea to the audience where the scene is set, and this may be useful for later on in the scene. This is perhaps is suggesting that it's foreshadowed as it may introduce something that's going to be significant later on.
The camera shows a long shot of the characters socialising, but it doesn't stay like that the camera zooms in and we thus see a medium shot, zooming in slowly is very effective as it shows emotion's and details and we feel more engaged with the character's. As we see a shot/reverse shot and this is one of them, having the long shot to is effective as it keeps the audience engaged, and we see what they are doing and their actions as well as there body language. And then the shot goes to medium shot and we see a closer look of the characters and their emotions so this is very effective.
Moreover, we see a conversation between the two characters and this puts us in the character's Point of view as we are in the person's shoe and are seeing what she sees, identification. The camera is over the shoulder shot as we cannot see the man but only the woman talking, this is effective as it connotes that the woman is more important. And the things she is perhaps saying is more important than the man, so we are engaged to focus on only her. The audience is being encouraged to gaze at her as this perhaps may be a foreshadow.
Key Differences
The key differences between these two films is that they both reach different target audiences due to their genre. Ghost is targeted at families and young people as it's a romantic comedy, whereas Notorious is targeted at young adults as it's a thriller and a spy mysterious film. As the scene I chose for Ghost was a thriller one we see how their is a tracking shot, and it's effective for number of reasons. And this scene is more intense, so the way the scene is shot is different from Notorious. As Notorious was a calmer scene, and has a lot of zooming shots to long and mid-shots. The different shots are based on the atmosphere and the scene set, and the two scenes had different atmospheres so it was significant how the shots were performed, and had a vital effect on the audience.
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