The movie I chose to watch was " Hocus Pocus". This movie was released in 1993, which changes the way the angles of this film were done. Since it is right around that time of year, I felt like this movie was an appropriate pick. The genre of this movie is a mix of a drama, thriller and comedy wrapped up into a family friend film. The beginning of this movie starts off with a dramatic seen of a boy trying to save his sister from being "used" by three selfish witches. This first eye level shot helps the audience to feel the emotions that the boy feels when he sees his sister being dissolved into vapor. The sadness and despair is moving.      

                                           

This second scene is a valuable scene to the movie. The witches were almost stopped by this boy trying to save his sister, however, he was no match for the witching book. The boy is zapped with electricity by the book, and is hurled across the room on to the floor. This gives one of the witches, Winnie, a chance to cast a spell on him. In this scene, a birds eye view of the boy on the floor is shown. The audience feels pity and sorrow for this boy, who was unable to save his sister or himself.

                                              

                      

                               This scene is taken from the middle of the movie, when our main character Max is introduced. Max has an attitude that he is invincible, which truly works agaisnt him in this scene. Max does not believe in the legend of the Salem Witches, so he finds the " house of the witches" with his sister and Allison. Max finds the old spell book and conjures the witches as a joke, and to his disbelief the three sisters appear. This shot is taken from the point of view of Max, as he is seen trying to run behind the caldarium to avoid being captured by one of the witches.

This scene shows the three witches from a Low angle show to make these witches appear more powerful. The witches were preying on the little girl , so this gives the effect that they had an extreme amount of power.  This makes the audience feel intimidated by these witches.

This scene shows a close up on the witches' faces, which shows us what the witches are feeling. You can tell that the leader of the group, Winnie, is looking mischievous. Sarah, the witch on the right seems to not be enjoying seeing the main character, Max, running away from them. She looks as though she is contemplating going after him or not. The witch on the left seems to be looking towards Winnie for guidance. She is a bit confused on the situation.

This is an example of an Long Shot. This scence was taken from the beginning of  the movie when we saw the boy looking for his sister that had been taken by the witches. The audience is able to see how the boy feels, and how he is confused when looking for his sister. His body language, especially his arms going out and his position shows the audience how he feels in this moment.

finished- Cayley McCloskey

 The peers whose posts i reviewed were Emily Solis and Zoe F.

Here is what i commented on Emily's post: 1) The choker shot made me feel close to the dog, like i could feel all of his emotions. He looked irritated , which was clear by his little bark, so it is clear why a choker shot can be used like an extreme close shot.

2) I enjoyed watching the eye level shot of the dog. Dogs are at a lower level on the ground than humans are, which was interesting because i felt like i was the dog himself.
3) The full shot of the subject was also interesting because we could see the dog's body language. He looked like he was on high alert.

Here is what i commented on Zoe's post: One of my personal favorite shots was the Dolly shot. It was felt as those i was being moved through an empty space, and it was the shot that i felt most connected too. The high angle shot was also moving because it made it feel like the courtyard was being swallowed up , and made me feel more powerful. My other favorite shot was the eye level shot gave me the most familiar view , because it was like i was looking at the subject in person

Storyboard Video Shots

 

1) This is a low angle shot taken from a lower point of view looking at the subject. This subject is posing for the video, and the whole body is in the shot.

2) This is a tilt shot , where the camera moves vertically and looks at a building from the bottom to the top. This shot shows a staircase from this view.

3) This is an example of a two shot, where two people were having a conversation in a frame wide enough for it. Here we see an example of two people having a conversation at a lunch table.

4) This is an over the shoulder shot, which is when a characters point of view is seen, but also where the person's side or shoulder is seen.

5) This is an extreme close up shot, where the small detail of the pupils can be seen.

6) This is an example of an Eye level shot.  The subject is seen leveled with camera.

7) This is a pan shot of the courtyard. The camera is moved horizontally around a fixed axis. 

 

8) This shot is called a Follow shot. In a follow shot, the camera person follows the subject, like seen in this example of following Zoe.

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9) This is called a Dolly shot. In a Dolly shot, the camera person has to film on a moving object. In this video, the camera person filmed on a rolling chair.

10) This is an example of a Close up shot. In this shot, a part of the body is zoomed into.

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 Hi, my name is Cayley McCloskey and im taking this class because i love learning new things. I hardly know anything about movie eras and genres, and i am not technology savvy. It will be interesting to learn how to create an opening for a movie, and to understand how plots develop. I am extremely excited for this year.