The document discusses various cinematography techniques used in the film The Descent. It defines close-ups as shots that show detail of characters or objects to depict emotion or plot details. It explains that trombone shots make situations feel never-ending and convey a character's fear. Steadicam shots focus on characters while moving with them to escalate tension, like when Sarah runs from something in a nightmare. Arc shots spin smoothly around characters on tracks.
2. 1. CLOSE UP
Close ups show and depict something (character or object) at
a great amount of quality to show detail to the audience. This
is done on characters a lot to show their emotion and their
feelings. Whenever its done on objects its done to show plot
development but this is rarely done. Here, Sarah’s daughters
birthday cake is shown after the car crash scene, showing
that it is some sort of dream.
3. 2.CLOSE UP
Close ups show the characters face that the camera is focusing on. This is done to give more of an in-
depth look at the characters expression or emotion.
7. 6.TROMBONE SHOT
This is an example of a Trombone Shot. This is done whenever a bad situation is happening and
made to give the effect mostly that its getting further away and never ending, the only exclusion is
Jaws. These shots generally show the fear within the character it has focused on. Here it is used to
show Sarah’s fear of what’s going on.
8. 7.STEADICAM SHOT
Steadicam shots is when the character(s) is moving, typically running and has the cam move with them
leaving the focus on them. This shot is really done to show the escalation in the situation they are in like
this scene when Sarah is running from something in a sort of nightmare she is in.
10. 9.ARC SHOT
These Arc shots are when the camera spins around the character(s) as seen here. The camera is
placed on tracks so it can move smoothly round.
