Balance the perspective: Camera Angle （Compilation of notes for 30th January 2024)

 

Citation:

• Lebow, A. (2012). The cinema of me: The self and subjectivity in first person documentary. Wallflower Press.

• Antonioni, M. (Director). (2004, May 19). Lo sguardo di Michelangelo. Cinecittà Luce.

Annotation:

• It is mentioned here that the camera angle can be used to balance perspectives. films use video to convey information, and the direct output source of video is the camera. So camera angle is the most direct way to balance subjectivity and objectivity.
• It mentioned a film here: A personal documentary film "Lo sguardo di Michelangelo"-Michelangelo Antonioni 2004. In this film the number of shots of Antonioni and the sculpture is basically the same, which means that the number of subjective and objective shots is the same, and fairness is achieved in terms of quantity. Also many of the shots are semi-subjective, meaning that the camera is positioned behind Antonioni's head, filming the side of his face and the field of view beneath his side face, allowing the audience to see through the camera to see him and what he is seeing.
• This is important to eliminate perspective disproportion by moving the camera so that the camera is aligned with the perspective of the film's creators, so that the audience can discover more information in the frontal view.
• 这里提到，相机角度可以用来平衡视角。电影用视频来传递信息，而视频的直接输出源就是摄像机。所以镜头角度是平衡主观性和客观性的最直接的方式。
• 它在这里提到了一部电影:一部个人纪录片《米开朗基罗》——米开朗基罗·安东尼奥尼2004年。在这部电影中，安东尼奥尼和雕塑的镜头数量基本相同，也就是说主观和客观的镜头数量是相同的，在数量上达到了公平。此外，许多镜头都是半主观的，这意味着摄像机位于安东尼奥尼的头后，拍摄他的脸的一侧和他的侧脸下方的视野，让观众通过摄像机看到他和他正在看到的东西。
• 通过移动镜头来消除视角不平衡是很重要的，这样镜头就可以与电影创作者的视角对齐，这样观众就可以在正面视角中发现更多的信息。

Test in my film:

• In my film, I also used a semi-subjective shot, so that both me and the computer (I was on a video call with my mom) were in the same frame. In this shot, the viewer not only sees my side face and some of my subjective emotional reflections, but also the reflections of my mum in the video (who appears in the shot as an objective point of view). This shot combines both subjective and objective perspectives. Looking back at the footage, I realised that the changes needed to be made because there were more other extraneous things in the frame. Next time I will increase the focal length and try to picture just me and the objective viewpoint.

（Footage shot in 02.09.2024)