The Breakfast Club Camera movement

To further develop my knowledge of camera angles, shot distances and how/why they are used I decided to look at a scene from 'The Breakfast Club'. In this scene we see one of the characters, Andrew (Emilio Estevez) confessing why he is in the saturday detention. For all of the characters, their confessions are quite personal and they find it difficult to talk about and admit as they find themselves being ashamed of what they have done.

The negative emotions that are attached with each of their stories is emphasized by the camera's distance and use of a continuous shot as each character talks through their feelings and difficulties within their school/home lives. 

I particularly like the use of the continuous panning shot that is used when Andrew is telling his story, this allows the audience to only focus on that character, what he is saying and how it is making him feel as apposed to switched between different characters to show their reactions.

The continuous shot starts at 00:50 and lasts until 03:13. This time allows us to connect with the character and sympathize with what they're going through. This is something i would like to include within my music video. Not necessarily a continuous pan shot as long as this but something that allows that connection with the character. Having the right camera distance is key as well, making sure that there aren't any distractions in the background but also not too close so that you are still able to see the person's body language as body language can say a lot about an individual.

Body language will be an important part in our production as it will allow indication as well as emphasize the fact that the main character is separated and isolated from everyone else around them.

Story Board for Use Somebody

Camera Shots ideas

Today we experimented with some camera angles and shot distances, this will help us make a more efficient and effective story board.

Re-thinking a Music Video Song

After doing research into our idea for 'Hey-Ya' and music videos that are the same style, we have decided to re-think our song choice, this also means we will create different ideas as a whole as we also want a change of style.

With our new idea we have a better understanding of how and what we  want our audience to feel which is something we weren't as familiar with for our 'Hey-Ya' video.

We came across a friend's cover of 'Use somebody' by Kings Of Leon and were intrigued by the song's lyrics as well as the style in which are friend was performing it...