Balance the perspective: Camera Angle (Single Wide Angle Shot)

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 Citation:

  • Walsh, S.(2024). The documentary filmmaker's intuition: Creating ethical & impactful non-fiction films. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003320296
  • Panahi, J. (Director). (2015, October 30). Taxi . New Wave Films.
Annotation：
  • Another camera angle concept mentioned in Chapter 9 of the book, showing a strong untouched (unedited) frame can emphasise the conflict and does not image justice and the viewer's thought process. One of the ways to do this is to use a wide shot. Finding key emotional moments in the shot and recording them, while embracing the shooting of both, accommodating both subjective and objective perspectives in a single shot, and then showing the most realistic character reactions through the wide shot.
  • In Jaffa Panahi's Taxi also uses a wide shot to include both subjective and objective perspectives to present a powerful picture of conflict.
  • For example, the first shot, in which the two passengers discuss whether the thief's offence should be punishable by death, contains a conflict in the dialogue and is full of spectacle. The director uses a wide-angle lens for this shot and records everyone's views and reactions. On the one hand, the audience can see the interviewers' views on the same matter from both perspectives at the same time, which ensures a fair viewpoint. On the other hand a complete and unedited dialogue ensures the authenticity of the content, which does not compromise the authenticity of the documentary. So by having a wide angle lens one can include both subjective and objective perspectives at the same time while the long unedited footage ensures the authenticity of the documentary. 
Test in my film:




  • Through my studies, here I test applying a wide-angle shot to include both subjective and objective perspectives. Once I have recorded the video chat with my mom and dad, I reviewed the footage with my friend. At this point my friend would come up with some ideas, first to help me analyse why my parents said and acted the way they did, second to give me some objective suggestions on what I should do next (for the future filming). I record these images through a single camera position. The viewer can not only see my emotions and actions, but also my friend's (as an objective point of view) opinion, which balances the subjective and objective perspectives of a personal documentary film.







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