Notes for cinameotragphy

General Cinematography Evaluation
What types of shots are used to convey the intended message in this scene?	Billy flinn and Roxy are in domintally medium close ups or closer to alert to the audience that they are the focus point of the film contrasting how the press is shown is domintally in medium long shots showing most of them in each shot. An extreme long shot, showing the viewer the stage with the press, Billy Flinn, Roxy and an audience visible to the shot. The press are behind Flinn and Roxy and are in an arc above them and with the audience in the foreground the audience can tell that Finn and Roxy are using the press to make the audience believe that roxy's story is true.
How does the use of framing convey information to the audience; by hiding or showing specific elements and information.	A shot looking up at Flinn show him controlling what Roxy says and does shows the audience that by Flinn talking for roxy, the are together more powerful.
Describe how the camera position affects each shot?	In the press conference Miss. Sunshine is seen at a low angle, however when in the theater she is usually at a high angle creating the impression that to Billy Flinn she is not that important but to the audience she is important. (This is the same with her in the thirds)
What type of camera movement takes place and how does it enhance the shot?	The camera pans around Ms sunshine when she is typing the story and speeding up impling the phrase “news is circulating” for the camera circulates Ms sunshine at an increasing speed.
Does the cinematographer make specific use of under or over exposure to convey a message?	The atmosphere of a theather is enhanced by the lack of exposure to natrual light and only stage lights are used on characters, like a show.

Framing

What happens?	How is this effective
Opening Shot of scene: Roxy and other girl are talking. Roxy is in the foreground and OG in the back. OG is telling Roxy that she should be in the spotlight (she is trying to put her off)	By having OG in the background and in a MLS it shows her as being small and no longer the center of attention.
When actually talking to press: Billy Flin (BF) eyes are in the top and right third, where as roxy is in the middle and to the left	BF is constantally looking down on her. This shows that he does not feel she matters as such, but it is more the job
In the puppet show: BF is on the left third and in the middle. This time, roxy is on the top thrid and the left still	That Roxy is more in the spotlight, however she is sitting on BF
Miss Sunshine: In the “reality” she is always in the bottom third where as in the puppet show she is always in the top third.	In reality BF is looking down on her, but in the puppet show he makes her believe that she is powerful and on top
Total Puppet shot: Billy flin and Roxy are in the center and the reporter puppets are in an arc behind them. There are people in the audience	The reporters are acting like R&BF halo. The people in the audinece are the audience (read papers, jury etc) They are watching the show and watching everyone dance, and since the objective of a puppet show is for the person to convince the audience that their hand-held puppet is real . This is like what is happening with roxy – to believe she is telling the truth.
Typing Pool: while MS is typing she starts in the top third and then pans to the bottom as she hands over her aritcle	It is saying that she seems to be in control, but what she is writing is what BF has told her so she seems less significant
Of news papers: It shows heading “They both reached for the gun”	It shows that BF did his job and it worked
Procuter: He is at a high angle and his eyes are at a direct line with the top third and left thrid	It shows that he is a high figure and powerful
Roxy tatoo: Left and just under the middle. And the short around it fades	The name is the last thing you see

Exposure:

What happens?	How is this effective
“1st Understandable...” Everyone goes into the dark where as BF and Roxy stay in light	It shows that everyone else is “in the dark” and don't know anything, where as BF and Roxy know
Second Understandable: He dropps roxy and then dances with Miss Sunshine, she is in the light.	He is no longer intersted in roxy but is with MS who believes she is right because she is out of the dark
When each reporter talks they go into the spotlight	Focus is on them

Camera Position

What happens?	How is this effective
Holding puppet strings: BF is on a very high angle shot	It show that he is in total control of everyone
Opening scene: OG and roxy are show at high angles	It shows that they are both powerful.
New confrence: BF and Roxy are at high angles where as the media are at low angles
News confrence: Angle of BF and Roxy drop to a high angle when roxy inturrupts	That her interupting is making them both look weaker
The puppet show: on looking at the whole show there are at a high angle but looking at the media by itself they are at a low angle	For people looking at the show they are both very powerful but when you trully look at the media there are low
Looks down on women	Women aren't strong positions

Focus

What happens?	How is this effective
Opening Scene: When OG tells Roxy “what i'm meaning is, don't let him hog the spot light.” the focus is on roxy and OG is blurred	It makes it seem like OG is just a little voice in the back of roxy's head. She is also in the dark so it is bad
On Close ups of BF and Roxy the media is blurred	To give more focus to them
By the fourth time at “oh yes oh yes oh yes they both...” The speed of the stage has increased and everyone is moving fast so the camera is hardly focusing	It is that that everyone is going around saying things that they don't know is true
This stops when BF says the last reached for the.. then it goes fast again until the word gun has finished	They are calm for the most of it, but when gun in mentioned – they race around saying this and it is really just getting her story out

Perspective

What happens?	How is this effective
In the press conference there is always BF/Roxy and the press in the shot	It shows that they are both together in the same place and seen as partners together
“and he stole my heart away..” You can see roxy's back and BF is holding her and controlling what she is doing: makes her look like a ragdoll puppet	That, like the actuall puppets like this, from the audience it looks like she is talking but BF is really doing it all. It shows how she is quite insignificant and it is really BF's show