Use of Camera angles and movement in a film clip

"The Shining typewriter scene"

1. The camera angles and shots used when Wendy is reading at the typewriter are low angle shot (looking up) and point of view shot. The low angle shot occurs when Wendy is looking down at the typewriter and the point of view shot occurs as we see what Wendy is seeing on the typewriter.

2. The low angle shot (looking up) makes us see the expression on her face and you can see shock and surprise as she gazes down at the papers which shows that the stuff is not something she really wanted to see. The point of view shot is used well as it shows us what is on the papers and this makes us realise why her face was so surprised as it is not something that you would think is normal.

3. The zoom-in takes place when Wendy looks down at the papers in the point of view shot. This is effective as it comes straight after the low angle shot where we see the shock and surprise on Wendy's face and as we see what is written on the papers there is a very fast zoom which conveys to us that she is very shocked as it is a quick zoom and this is helped by the sound effects and they both work in sync to show fear however the speed of the zoom-in makes us realise that Wendy realises that she doesn't know her husband as well as she thought.

4. The camera shots that are used as Jack walks into the room are the tracking shot and over the shoulder shot. The tracking shot occurs just before the over the shoulder shot which shows the traces of the steps Jack takes and this sets up the over the shoulder shot perfectly. The over the shoulder shot is used to show Jacks position in the room and to show how Jack can see Wendy.

5. The tracking shot makes us see the steps that Jack is taking to see what Wendy is doing in that room which is designed to make us think its a point of view shot however then Jack then appears in front of the camera and it turns out this is an over the shoulder shot. A point of view shot is very typical in a horror film when something bad is about to happen therefore the audience may expect it a little bit however it turns out its an over the shoulder shot which you can see Jacks position as he looks over at Wendy. This is good as you see what position Jack is in the room and his view of Wendy so it has a sense of a point of view shot but you can see exactly what Jack is doing as well as seeing Wendy.