The Descent

CINEMATOGRAPHY

1. CLOSE UP

Close ups show and depict something (character or object) at a great amount of quality to show detail to the audience. This is done on characters a lot to show their emotion and their feelings. Whenever its done on objects its done to show plot development but this is rarely done. Here, Sarah’s daughters birthday cake is shown after the car crash scene, showing that it is some sort of dream.

2.CLOSE UP

Close ups show the characters face that the camera is focusing on. This is done to give more of an in-depth look at the characters expression or emotion.

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4.MID SHOT

5.WIDE SHOT

6.TROMBONE SHOT

This is an example of a Trombone Shot. This is done whenever a bad situation is happening and made to give the effect mostly that its getting further away and never ending, the only exclusion is Jaws. These shots generally show the fear within the character it has focused on. Here it is used to show Sarah’s fear of what’s going on.

7.STEADICAM SHOT

Steadicam shots is when the character(s) is moving, typically running and has the cam move with them leaving the focus on them. This shot is really done to show the escalation in the situation they are in like this scene when Sarah is running from something in a sort of nightmare she is in.

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9.ARC SHOT

These Arc shots are when the camera spins around the character(s) as seen here. The camera is placed on tracks so it can move smoothly round.