Week 3
Lumiere Project: Group 9
Fairy Princess
In this whimsical tale, the little fairy princess is making her daily rounds. She waves her wand, turning the world into a lovely place, and awakening a beautiful princess.
Week 2
People Are
Awesome is a montage sequence of people performing extraordinary athletic
feats. As the video begins, I’m at once struck with the appropriateness of the
music. It is powerful where needed, possessing a tempo which moves the piece
along and supports what we are seeing visually.
The opening views are widescreen aerial shots of
landscapes. In fact, many of the shots are taken with cameras mounted on
helicopters (which we see on more than several occasions) or cranes (which I
suppose is the case with several of the skiing and rock climbing sequences).
Other times, a camera is mounted on the athlete him/herself. Such is the case
with the person tightrope walking between the canyons. I believe a camera is
mounted on his/her helmet. This technique gives us, the audience, the sense of
being right there in the scene.
Different camera angles add to the dramatic impact
of this video; from the low angle used on the parasailer; the high angle wide
shot of the skier coming down the mountain; the low angle voyeur shot from
inside of the wave; to the extreme high angle of the bird’s eye view we get when
the rock climber falls.
Dolly shots track much of the movement…most likely
a steadicam is employed to create a smooth “floating through the air” effect.
The camera tilting down the snow covered mountain where the skier is perched
gives us an idea of the magnitude of his descent. The video is full of examples
which demonstrate the “pushing in” and “panning out”
techniques.
The editor uses a few different techniques to
transition from scene to scene. For example, the opening shots are primarily
dissolves where we seem to move seamlessly from one scene to the other. In
contrast, mostly simple cuts are used to move from one activity to the
other.
I chose this video because it demonstrates many of
the cinematic techniques mentioned in Setting Up Your
Shots.
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