Post 14: Audience positioning

When an audience is watching a film, it is important for the position to be correct. The use of the camera means its places the audience in the film in order for the film to connect with the audience. This means that the shot size and the different angles are vital when filming.


Below are a list of the vital shots which place the audience in the film;

POV(point of view):

 The POV shot is a shot which places the audience into the eyes of the character and shows what the character is looking at. The point-of-view is an objective angle, but since it falls between the objective and subjective angle, it should be placed in a separate category and given special consideration. This shot could show danger which the character could be faced with. As a result of this it would feel as if the audience were in the film and were in danger. This is a very popular use of shot in most horror films as they get the audience hooked and scared.

 

This is from the film 'snatch', it shows how the characters are looking down on another character which makes the audience feel like they are the character being looked down on.

Shot reverse shot:

This is a film technique where one character is placed and shown to be facing/looking at another character, then the other character is shown to be looking back at the original first character. As a result of the characters facing opposite directions, the audience can only assume that they are looking at one another. This therefore places the audience close to the character meaning the audience are close to the situation. This presents realism and therefor hooks the audience in.

This techniques (shot reverse shot) is a common feature in most classic Hollywood style continuity editing.