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The Hobbit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5k3X9huWVg
Name:
Kendell Burgess
My Analysis Supporting Images
Cinematography
& Camera
Techniques
One of the camera shotsusedinThe Hobbit
openingsequence isaclose up.Close upsare used
continuouslythroughoutthisopeningsequence.
Here a close upisusedto showoff the swordand
itsimportance,the swordbecomesarecurringthing
inthe filmsothat’salsowhy it’sshownhere when
Bilbofirstopensthe chest.
Anothershotusedinthe openingscene isamid-
shot.A midshotcan be usedforvariousthingsbut
here the midshot isusedto showthe emotionon
Bilbo’sface afterhe findsanoldpicture of himself.
Anothercameratechnique the directorusedisthe
pan/trackingshot.Usuallywiththistype of shot it’s
usedto showoff an area or as someone is
walking/running,etc.Here inthissequence itsused
to showoff the map of middle earthbefore
stoppingatErebor,the directorhasdone thisto
showwhere the start of the story Bilboisaboutto
tell takesplace.The directorthenusesatracking
and a pan shotin the village toshowall the people
and howhappytheyare.
The directorthengoes on to use an establishing
shot.An establishingshotisusedwhenthe director
wantsto showan entire buildingorplace,asthey
have done here.Thisshowsthe viewer’swhere the
nextpart of the story isto take place.
A differenttechnique thatisused towardthe
middle of the sequence isatwoshot.A twoshot is
usedto enable the viewerstosee twoof the main
Close Up:
Mid-shot:
Tracking/pan:

2. FilmOpeningSequence Analysis
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characters inthispart of the sequence thathave a
bigimpact onwhat isto thencome in the restof
the sequence.

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Establishing shot:
Two shot:
Visual Effects&
Colour Scheme
Throughoutthissequence there isavariationof
bothhighkeyand lowkeylighting.The highkey
lightingusedoutof the mountainiseffective
because itshowshoweverythingwasbrightand
happyand goingokaythroughthe village in
comparisontothe lowkeylightinginthe mountain
High key:

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that inmy opinionwasusedtoshowthe contrast
betweenthe happinessoutsideof the mountainto
the darknessinside thatwastakingover.
Low key:

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Genre
Conventions
The Hobbitis a fantasyfilm.We can tell thisbythe
genre of the booksthat were writtenbefore the
films(The Lordof the Rings& The Hobbit),bythe
differentsettingsin the wholefilm,the dialogue
and the characters that are includedinthe films.
Narrative Both diegeticsoundandnon-diegeticsoundisused
inthissequence.Diegeticsoundforwhenthe
characters are speakinganddoingthings andnon-
diegeticsound forwhenBilboisspeakingover
whilsttellingthe story.
Editing
Techniques

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Title Credit Design There are notitle creditsinthissequence.