Still analysis of The Grinch

The Grinch: Still analysis

CLOSE UP SHOT

-          The grinch’s face is in the middle of the frame to make sure that his facial expression has all of the attention from  the shot. 

-          A close up shot is used to let the audience enter the characters personal space and experience the emotion from the scene on a better scale.

CANTERED ANGLE SHOT

-          The use of a cantered angle shot shows the insanity in the scene.

-          The camera angle shows Cindy Lou who (the little girl) looking up to the Grinch, this shows the audience that the Grinch has the authority over Cindy Lou.

-          The use of a mid shot shows the conversation well and lets the audience feel a part of it. This is because when you have a conversation with someone you only really pay attention to the top half of the body.

-          This shot is composed with the golden mean, the points of interest could be on a diagonal line with each other. Cindy Lou’s head is diagonal to the Grinch’s.

-          This angle is also an over the shoulder shot because of the conversation. It is not in its usual form (that the character that isn't speaking has the camera focus on their reaction), this connotes that the Grinch obviously has the most control and takes the attention for himself.

  MID SHOT

-          This shot would have been composed using the rule of thirds as the points of interest (the facial expressions of the characters) are where the lines would cross.

-          The Mid shot shows the audience in detail the emotional state of the characters.

-          A two shot is used, this is good for establishing what the relationship between the characters are like, in this still the Grinch takes prominence in the frame, this gives the audience the impression that he is the more controlling character of the two.

 HIGH ANGLE SHOT

-          The high angle shot shows the girl as vulnerable and helpless as she is stuck on the edge of a mountain.  This camera angle also shows that the mountain has dominance over her, suggesting that maybe what ever is in the mountain might do as well (The Grinch).

-          This is a long shot, and the subjects are barely in view. This is because the main focus of a long shot is to introduce the audience to the surroundings that the subject is in, (and in this case it shows clearly what danger the girl could be in).

 LONG SHOT

-          Although this shot is facing straight on to the scene, everything else is slightly sideways (which disorientates the audience to which angle they should be looking from) this foreshadows that this may become a chaotic scene.

-          A long shot is used to show the characters in their environment.

-          The framing puts the characters and car in full focus for the scene (their heads are almost at the top and their feet are nearly at the bottom).