x.. Analysis of 4 film stills ..x

This film still is from the movie 'Batman and robin'. This is a MS of both 'good' characters in the movie. They are both in 'disguises' since they are wearing odd or unusual clothing seen from those worn on a daily basis and we can obvious tell that they are disguises since they are both wearing masks. The setting is most likely to be in the city ( of Gothom for who would now since they would be familiar with the comic book ) and we can see this since there are many tall building in the background and cars parked up on the side of the roads. The lighting seems to be fairly light to focus on the characters and since the scene seems to be shot in the day time. The actors seem to be running and we can see this from the position on their arms and body language. This camera shot is good for action or adventure films because then the audience can see the whole setting which is better considering the genre. Genre films such as these need more MS and LS rather than BCS and CS because the audience need to see completely whats going on so they can see all the action taking place rather than focusing on facial expressions.

This still image was taken from the movie 'House of wax'. The actor is a famous celebrity (paris hilton) which probably helped add to the promotion and selling of the movie. We can not see the setting since the shot is a BC shot that is focused on her facial expression which we can obviously tell that she is scared and sad due to the cringing of her eye brows and tears from her eyes along with her hand covering her mouth probably to minimize the sound of her breathing from some-one else (the evil character) to hear. The only setting we can see is the piece of wall on her left which seems to be damaged, broken and not in its best condition. This shows us that shes not in a safe environment and overall connotes the genre of the film being a horror. This type of shot is good for genred films such as horrors or thrillers because it needs to emphasise the characters facial expressions and body language more because it allows the audience to identify with them so they feel that 'scared' aspect which is the hole purpose of these genred films (to scare the audience) and it BCS and CS are more useful compared to LS and MD because the hole purpose of a horror film is to keep the audience in suspense and guessing and LS and MD show the whole surrounding of a scene so if the audience can see everything thats taking place than the 'scary' aspect of a horror film is gone.

This still image was taken from the movie 'Titanic'. It is a CS on both the main characters faces purposely to show their facial expressions. The films genre is a romantic drama and CS are good for this type of genre becuase the facial expression of the charcters need to be confused on so the audience can see or 'feel' how they are feeling and begin to indentify with them. You cant see the setting in this shot; the whole focus is on the characters expressions which show happiness due to the smiles on their face. Also the lighting connotes happiness because its an orangy high key light that focuses on thier faces which are close together so this gives off a sort of warmth and loved feeling. The male actor seems to be looking at the female character which also gives off this 'loved' feeling because hes focusing on her ratehr than anything else which connotes his love for her since he only seems to be interested in her. His smile seems to be generated from hers in this shot and the CS allows us to see this.

This still image was taken from the movie 'Girl next door'. The genre is a hybrid of thriller/drama. The setting seems to be very badly broken and eroded since the tiles have cracks all over them and are a modly colour. The costume of the character in the image automatically connotes some sort of trouble and shows captivity due to the clothe wrapped around her mouth to prevent her from screaming and the position of her arms show the audience that she is tied up. Also her clothing seems to be torn up and ragady which can connote a very long captivity or a rough one for that matter. Her position on the bed and her body language shows the audience that she has been through alot already and is tired. Her cuts and grazes on her leg also connote this. The lighting is dark and low key but there the actor seems to be in a lighter light compared to the background shes in, which was most probably done to emphasise her circumances and have the focus on her and the damage that is done to her along with her situation. The shot is a MS which is realy good for this genre and this image because straight away it shows the audience so much already and runs a number of emotions through them such as fear, worry, curiosity, etc. This shot is overall better compared to BCS or LS because a BS would show too little so the interest of the audience wouldnt be as much as it is compared to right now in a MS and a LS would give away too much so the audience would expect what would happen next, so a MS was the best camera angle and effect to be used.