Camera Position

 Existing Stills

1a) Angle: Batman 1989

1b) Level: Batman 66 1966

1c) Height: Superman: The Movie 1978 

1d) Distance: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly 1966

Taken Stills

1a) Angle

1b) Level

1c) Height

1d) Distance

Difficulties I faced were trying to figure out if the shot I was making shown any real character, conflict or development. The height on was particularly difficult as my mind is still trying to learn how camera height gives insight to those three narrative devices. I think distance was the easiest one to take mainly because of the character I chose. Martian Manhunter is a character that often struggles with loneliness so an extreme long shot to me was a no brainer. Also I had no manual control over the focus of the camera which frustrated me. It especially annoyed me with the camera height shot as the subject I wanted in focus wouldn't register to the automatic setting. The point was to have him on the ground when the height would have captured a full body lego in full to show his drunkenness and idiocrasy. I guess my vision was too out there for my robot camera operator to comprehend. I think my main problem was that for me at least, just camera position was not enough for me to show what I wanted to show to the audience about the characters or conflict or development. The setting of my room doesn't really help with try to see what is what. Except for maybe the angle photo but that's because there's not anything to not understand about the Justice League. The level shot for example, I see taking place in a bar which would help a lot with showing character. Overall, it was a great excersice in usuing camera position but it also leaves wanting to experiment with how you combine with mise en scene.