camera lenses and their effect.

 Wide angle lenses

The range of these lenses are normally 16-35mm. They allow you to fit more in frame of shot and are therefore good for shooting things such as establishing shots (e.g landscapes) because of the amount able to fit in shot helps to establish time, context and location.

This establishing shot (from 0.00-0.41) uses a wide angle lens to fit more landscape in shot. This immediately shows that the movie will be set far back in the past due to the landscape type, little amount of people and the type of people that are around. 



Zoom lenses

Zoom lenses are able to vary their focal length by moving optical mechanisms in the lens. These lenses are used predominantly for dolly zooms and for making the subject appear to be moving closer or further away without actually moving them. 

This scene effectively uses dolly zoom to enhance the building of suspense. It gives the impression that even though the character isn't moving, the door is getting further away, furthering the surrealism of the movie.



Telephoto lenses

The range of these lenses are normally 135mm and above. They are good for flattening perspective and isolating subjects from the background. They are typically used for close ups of characters as they remove a large amount of background and make the subject look good, however telephoto lenses can be used for other things, for instance:

The mother 2009 is a good example of using telephoto lens to enhance shots in the movie. A large amount of important shots are filmed with a telephoto lens in profile, this indicates that characters are hiding something and without realising it the audience find themselves wondering what that entails. 

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