Role of the CameraScott John Ramsay

Where you put the camera is where you are visually and emotionally putting the audience.

Role of the Camera

Various Clips through out the short animation, demonstrating the different uses of a camera.

Animation Analysis

So the camera can prepare the audience for a sequence of events that is about to happen,

by highlighting key aspects of the story.

The Camera Can Prepare

Example One

The camera also shows the audience which character they should be focused on.

Especially when in a conversation. Depending on what they consider more important the camera might be focused on the person talking or on the one reacting. However

cutting back between the two can show the two personalities.

Camera Displays Personalities

Example Two

A close up can display how the characters thoughts lead to his actions

Camera Highlights Thinking

Example Three

The camera can also display a change in power between two characters by changing

the angle in which they are seen.

Camera Can Shift Power

Example Four

Clips taken from the final showdown between Tyler and The Narrator, demonstrating the different uses of a camera.

Live Action Analysis

The camera can also remind the audience of a key plot in the story that has already been revealed to them, making it easier to follow

the story.

The Camera Can Remind

Example Five

The camera can also enhance someone's status over another by looking up at them to

make them appear bigger or look down down, to make them come across as weak. The

camera angle can also be tilted to create a sense of distress.

The Camera Can Enhance

Example Six

A long shot can be used to highlight a fast paced sequence where the characters moves

a lot, it also shows the his surroundings so you know where he is.

Camera Can Reveal a Location

Example Seven

The method of cutting back and forth between two people can also create tension if with each

cut the camera gets closer.

Camera Can Build Tension

Example Eight

Use the same methods to display their characters in certain way but they approach

the filming and editing differently. In live action they have a master shot and they edit

closes up, etc. into that. However with animation, there is no master shot, the editing

is done before hand. So you have to really think about how you want your character to come across and how you want your story to

be told before animation begins.

Comparison

Placing the camera in these various positions, distances and angles you can create a more

power personality and story.

Conclusion