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In Taboo, the camera work used is very good at creating meaning. The opening shots of the series start with a crane shot which is of a long distance. The camera movement used in Taboo is very effective. In a scene where the character is getting up off of the ground a handheld shot is used. This is very effective because it makes it feel more real and as if we are actually there. Depth of Field is also used in the opening scenes of Taboo. A deep focus is used on the characters face so it is just focusing on him. The rule of thirds is also used in this shot. Framing in the opening scene also has a meaning. It is an open frame which shows that the character is isolated and alone. However, even though the character is in an open frame by being in the middle of the sea, he is also in a closed frame due to how the camera work was done. This was used purposely to intrigue the viewer. The shot of the camera places him between the two masts of the ship. This shows that the character is trapped within two masks and suggests conflict.
ReplyDeleteGood work Calum. You make some very solid points. Be careful with your grammar and sentence structure "how the camera work was done" isn't the best way to phrase it.
DeleteIn the opening scene, the camera movement taboo uses is the crane shot. It also uses an open frame, to show the character is isolated by his surroundings. The angle of the shot also shows the character between two masts of the boat, this is to show that he's trapped. In the next scene in the sequence we see a close up of the character, this is to draw attention to him, taboo also uses a handheld shot to make it feel like we're in the scene with him. While in the close up, taboo uses a deep focus on the character’s face. In the final scene we see a man on a horse, taboo uses a low angle shot, to make us look up at the man. This is to show he has power.
ReplyDeleteThis is a good start Josh. I am not sure that they use deep focus photography on his face. Go back and re-read those notes. Taboo should also have a capital T as the name of the show.
DeleteIn the opening scenes of the BBC tv drama,Taboo.The scene opens with a crane shot over the water showing the ship in the large span of water this helps to create isolation and loneliness although on the other hand he is framed in-between the two masts of the ship showing he is stuck between two places.Furthermore after this shot we have a handheld shot of the actor,Tom Hardy struggling on the ground during this he is always positioned in the left third of the screen helping to add to his superiority,the camera slowly begins to pan up during this to reveal his face to the audience.
ReplyDeleteProgressing further we get an establishing shot of the storm and the city in the distance,the following shot after is him riding his horse across a bridge in London this is from an extreme long shot so we can see the surroundings and archutecture of the buildings.Finally the last shot is from a low angle presenting him riding into a building with a grand entrance surrounded by stone statues this further shows his importance.
Very good.
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ReplyDeletethe cinematography within the opening of Taboo evokes a sense of isolation of the character, through the use of open framing throughout showing a small character alone in a vast land. However, this sense of isolation is drawn away from with the use of hand held close ups and hand held tilt shots which bring the audience into the scene as though they are there with the character, creating an effect of suture, as though the audience are a secondary character with the protagonist.
The use of establishing shots tied with deep focus are used within the sequence to deliver a great amount of detail of the shot to the audience, when the audience are re-established in land in the sequence, the frame allows the audience to see the ongoing storm above the city, creating pathetic fallacy to connect with the feeling of isolation within the protagonist. it could also be seen that by the establishing shots themselves evoke a feeling of isolation though the open framing in which we first see the character in a small boat, even then it can be debated that the way in which the boat is positioned between the two masts of the ship, the character is trapped within his own personal conflicts. the director has done this to create an instant connection between audience and character orientating around the pity and the sympathy the audience have for the protagonist due to this isolation.
Great work.
DeleteIn the opening shots of Taboo, framing is used extensively to create a sense of isolation for example the open frame of the character on the sea that creates fear and loneliness, yet on the contrary whilst using an open frame shot some viewers might see the paddle boats placement between the two masts, a closed frame shot creates the sense of being trapped this can be used to show conflict in the characters life.
ReplyDeleteWhen the character is digging, a handheld camera is used to follow his movements to emphasise the reality, this places the audience into the action and gives them a sense of involvement. Also in this shot a shallow depth of field is used to focus the audiences attention to the characters facial expressions.
A series of long shots are also used to establish the surroundings, a crane shot is used with deep focus to show the full extent, the use of these long shots and extreme long shots also helps to further support the idea of isolation as the character is confined to a large space.
When analysing the rule of this the character is almost exclusively shown in the upper left third, with a series of low angle shots used to help enhance the idea of superiority.
Excellent work.
DeleteIn the opening of taboo, cinematography is very effective at creating meaning. The first establishing shot could be used to represent two different meanings. For one, the open-ness of the sea compared to the small ship on which the protagonist is on shows the isolation to him from the outside world. There is also the polysemic meaning that the two masts on the ship show that he is almost locked in, with a small framing instead of the large framing. This shows the contradictory status that our character is currently under. this is also supported from the ship being positioned directly in the middle to further bolster the idea of isolation.
ReplyDeleteIn the opening, we can see the way the protagonist is shown as dominant and in control from the low angle shots and the use of rule of thirds. Around the middle of the opening, the protagonists eye level is along the same line as the top rule of thirds line, as well as being towards the left, from a low angle shot really posts the idea that the protagonist is the dominant character. This also hints at his power, showing he is a powerful protagonist is useful as this is the opening - really setting his character out for the audience to see properly.
Good use of polysemy well done.
DeleteAt the start of of the opening you get an establishing crane shot to show the location of where the people are. The long shot of the ship shows that even though it is rather large the ocean is bigger which give the impression that the people on the ship are isolated to one area in such a large area. The small row boat uses a close up shot to show how isolated they are bit to also show the emotional state that they are in which gives the idea that they are no friends. The small boat is placed in-between the two masts to show a sense of isolation despite being so open. The extreme long shot of the man near the tree shows how small he is compared to the world and how lonely he is and with the use of deep focus it helps to show the emotional state of the character, sad, depressed and defeated.
ReplyDeleteThe medium handheld shot gives a sense of reality of the situation which can show how angry he is. The tilt up shot goes up at the same time he removes the hood giving a more dramatic face reveal. Moving to a medium close up helps show how depressed he is let the audience feel more attached to him.
Some good points well made and exampled.
DeleteThe cinematograph in Taboo is very open at the start. They use a lot of crane shots that are also extremely long shots i think this is done to paint a scene.I this it shows a lot of freedom in the shots however there is also a lot of isolation as there is nothing around and the oceon has this very lonesom feeling to it. Our main character is also trapped in between to masts of a boat this is a interesting way they could be trying to being trapped in what is a very open scene. The boat our main character is in is also in the beam of light given by the son on the horizon. This could show that he is a good person in a very dark and horrible world as the ret of the scene is complely dark. They also break the rule of thirds and centre the smaller boat which is where our eyes are drawn in the centre of the upper line. This does work though due to that fact that the rest of the scene is very symmetrical. This allows your audience to not hunt around the scren for details and infomastion. Another film that did this a lot would be mad max centring the action in the middle of the shot, however they used a lot of close up and mid shots surpassed to crane shots like we are seeing here.
ReplyDeleteThey use lot of camera movement and farming as well changing the level on the camera to give a relationship between the characters. For example in there is a scene where it does a close up of the whole smaller boat, the camera is in line with the lower section of the line of the rule of third. This show a dominance to the characters on that boat as the are higher than us and look powerful. But on the island they use a hand held shot and lots of lower or on eye level shots to make the character look powerless. In this scene they also have a shallow depth of field instead of deep focus which is what we had normally been seeing. This allows the audience to focus on exactly what the director wants you to see.
They also use crane shots fairly often to re set a scene. This allows the audience to see what sort of place the story is being told in and make links themselves as to what is happening. For example In the start they use a crane shot to show us we are at sea and the audience thinks of thing the relate to that sort of thing (stereotypes) and later They show a more city scape.
You do make some very good point here Harvey but please do check you spelling.
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ReplyDeletein the opening of taboo many shot distances are used. Such as an extra-long shot and crane shot when looking at the boat which emphasises it but also creates a sense of isolation in the vast sea.
ReplyDeleteOpen framing was used at the beginning to show isolation in the vast sea although showing the small boat in between the two masts could show that the character is trapped which contrasts and could show that the character is conflicted. Deep focus is used on the boat scene to help show the audience this detail.
When we first see the character handheld camera movement is used which creates a dramatic, realistic effect as if you were in the scene. when the character is walking it is shown in an extra-long shot which again suggests that the character is isolated. A tracking shot is used whilst the character is on the horse to follow its movement. The camera tilts up to reveal the character’s face which gives a dramatic effect. There is a shallow depth of field in these close up scenes to draw attention to the character.
You identify many techniques and use good examples. Well done.
DeleteThe opening sequence of Taboo begins with a crane – tilt shot looking over the sea and it tilts up looking over a large ship with a man rowing away in a small boat towards land, you could argue that the framing in this shot is either open or closed as the man is in the middle of this open sea so this could potentially mean he is free, however he seems to be rowing in-between two large masts which could also lead us to believe he is trapped or isolated.
ReplyDeleteWe begin with Extreme Long Shots and Establishing Shots, but once the mysterious man reaches the land the camera is now hand held, this makes the audience feel more engaged with the actor as it feels like we are there with this man. This is also supported by the number of close ups and medium shots as we can see the facial expressions of the man.
This is good but a bit brief I feel like you could do better.
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ReplyDeleteThe scene opens with an establishing crane shot in deep focus allowing the audience to see the two boats in the sea. The open framing highlights on the isolation of the smaller boat based on the large space that surrounds it. This could potentially a metaphor for the characters lifestyle. However, you could argue that the smaller boat has been placed in a closed frame as it is in the centre of the two masts from the larger ‘pirate’ ship.
Handheld camera movement has been used to give the audience a perspective similar to the character in an attempt to start building a relationship between the audience and the character. The handheld slowly tilts into a close up shot of the character with a shallow focus on his face to put attention and emphasise on his facial expression. If we stick with close up shot and apply it to the rule of thirds the character falls directly into the left hand side of shot to show the start of this superior atmosphere placed around the character.
There is a second establishing shot used to show the audience the land and the town that we assume the character is heading towards creating curiosity and suspense. You could also say this particular shot has not been used to establish location but actually the weather, which looks like a storm creating a dark and gloomy vibe to the entire scene.
Towards the end of the scene we get a medium close up of the character on a horse from a low angle shot to again further the characters superiority, another thing that I thought furthered the character’s power was the deep focus around the large posh building that he is about to enter. Despite this posh building you could argue that the closed framing could show the character as trapped in this situation and does not belong in this place.
Excellent work Kevey. A very strong response.
DeleteIn Taboo the cinematography s used in a lot of different ways.
ReplyDeleteIn the opening scene they used a Crane shot which makes it establishing
They use deeply focused long shot which shows a lot of detail such as the boat he is rowing in, the ship he just got out of, the land he is heading towards and the sea. They are using a long shot to show that he is in the open. But some people could see that he is in the middle two pillars that could show that he is trapped in between two different sides.
They then use a long shot when he is walking, this then turns into a handheld movement so it feels so that we are there with him to make it feel more real. They then use a tilt up shot which makes a dramatic reveal of the character’s face. This is done with a shallow depth so it drains all of the attention from the audience to the character.
John this is written in a very descriptive way "they do this then do that". You would be much better off saying " A long shot is use to...". Otherwise a good start.
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