Camera Work in Submarine

Tonight I watched the film Submarine directed by Richard Ayoade from the IT crowd. It is my favourite film only because of the artistic shots used throughout. Because we are filming a music video of the indie genre I thought it would be a good inspiration source because many indie music video like the ones we have analysed have effective artistic filming techniques. It is filmed in Wales which means allot of dull sea side landscapes are pictured similar to that of the dull Whitley Bay sea side, so I thought many of the shots used in this film could inspire our video.

 

Extreme close ups of the male and female protagonist's faces could be used to show emotion and create a closer connection between the audience and the actors. Also a zoom in on the eyes could add emphasis to this effect as it does in the right screen shot.

A long 2 shot could be used to picture the couple walking along, the picture will be able to show them holding hands as well as more of the surroundings in which we want to emphasize to the audience because it is all about a dull boring location contrasting against the two eccentric looking and acting characters.

A mid shot filmed from the characters point of view through frosted/ stained glass would make for a very good artistic shot and would work well with the sirens showing through the window at the end of our video.

A two shot of the couple with tracking movement will show that they are going about life together as one and are a strong couple which will come across to the audience if we include a few of these two shots.

Wide shots like those above can be used to show all of the characters in shot getting across the main action to the audience quicker than if there was separate shots used for the same reasons. We could use shots like these to show the girl waiting outside the shop for the boy.

Mid shots of the individual characters are good to show them as individual people as well as a couple, also we can play about with what we include in the background to get a good artistic shot like the one above that works well because of the symmetry o the bridge above, an almost identical shot of the girl is used and these are cross cut nicely which we could possibly use in our video.

A two shot of our two main characters from behind looking out to sea is a good artistic shot that we could use for aesthetic reasons as well as illustrating the romance for the audience.

I liked this two shot from a side angle because it shows the couple together looking out to sea which we could do for our own video but we have had the idea of the boy being closer to the camera and the girl blowing a pink bubble next to him.

This framed shot is nice again for artistic reasons and we could do this with the car window when we film the couple sitting waiting in their disguises.