Glogster

Camera Movements

The camera moves sideways , like a crab does

The camera stays in the same spote but pivots left or right

The camera stays in the same spot but title up or down

Also know as tracking , the camera moves backwards or forwards

Dexter

As you watch the Dexter title sequence write down you initial thoughts on what it is communicating to you as a viewer.

• Image look horrible

• The music is interesting

• The thing aroung him

• Psycho

• Every day routine

• Music = ironic updeat but creepy

• Odd

• Contrast between shots - dark , and music - upbeat

• Makes you think of blood and guts even though there is none

• Shows potential weapons - blades , scalpels , coffee , grinder

• Scalpel to cut steak - maybe he's a surgeon

Mise - en - scene

Lighting -

• Dark lighting , day time lighting at the begining , amn in the room but still day time , low light , dark in side light out side.

Props -

• Showing strick , tissue , meat , eggs , knife , orange , lacss , flossing string . coffee maker.

Setting -

• Wakes up in bedroom , Shaves in bathroom , Cooks in kitchen , Flosses teeth in bathroom , Walks outside.

Costume -

• He's topless whilst getting ready (shaving, making coffee + breakfast, whilst flossing, whilst putting shoes on)

• Puts on shoes and ties them Puts on his top (looks like he's suffocating himself)

• At the end when he walks out of his house, he is dressed in white which makes him look innocent.

Facial expressions -

• Smiles: makes him look like he knows what he's doing
  

• His eyes are mysterious and eyebrows are bent
  

• His face is focused forward and it makes him look like a killer.

Performance -

• Shaves his neck like he's cutting someone's throat
  
• He ties his shoe laces as if he's strangling a person
  
• He cuts the orange like a murderer
  
• The first thing he does is kill a mosquito
  
• He cleans the blood from his neck with a tissue
  
• When he was putting on his shirt, he acts like he's suffocating himself
  
• He uses floss to clean his teeth

Make Up -

• His eyebrows are thick, his face is fresh - different colour from his beard
  
• His face is greasy and his lips are shiny

Camera Shots , Angles and Movement

Low - camera looking up at subject , making it look bigger.

Canted - camera is title to make subject lok slanted.

High - camera is looking down on subject making it look small.

Eye level - camera is pointed directly at subject.

Brids - eye / Aerial - extreme high angle , looking straight down.