Friday, September 21, 2018

In this clip of Easy Rider (1969) a multitude of shots are used and a majority of them look like they were shot by an amateur. this is shown by the low amount of lighting if any at all, its a departure from usual hollywood movies from the era. The lighting used in the scene emphasises the day to day lives of the characters, tedious, monotonous and boring. 

The scene itself is a example of the time period it was set in,with the late 60's and 70;s being the peak of drug use. The clip starts with a four shot of the four characters to both establish who the scene revolves around and show their activities of taking LSD and drinking. The clip also contains panning up shots of a building with a trash lens flair on creating a blinding effect on the viewer to maybe give connotations of ones view upon taking LSD as your vision differs during it. The sunlight also shows the high-key lighting that is set throughout the scene from the natural light of the sun. A close up shot is also used in the clip where the male us hugging the statue; which symbolises him having a mental break-down over the suicide of his mother, to show the emotion on his face as he is in emotional turmoil. 

There is a scene that slowly cuts to a shot with high-key lighting, the camera shifts upwards toward the light which shows us the mood of the hippies thats changed from dull and boring to pure ecstasy. It uses the new editing techniques such as the way the camera stands still at first and does not move, which was not common occurrence for films of the time period, to the way it flips back and forth in the latter half of the scene. The fast jump-cuts of the scene is used to show what its like to experience being on LSD.




Shot Types:
-mid-shot
-long-shot
-close-up
-four-shot
-fish eye
-360 worm view

Angles:
-low angle on decayed building


Lighting Techniques:
-high key lighting
-over exposure

Editing:
-jump-cuts
-fast
-blurred together

Sound:
-non diegetic sound in background that amplifies and repeats itself
-starts of low and gets louder and louder
-diegetic of women reading a bible





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