FILM/TV2 – A&R4 – Question three

A few things than intrigue me from the 1964 clip “From a distant gaze…” (Directed by Jean Ravel) include;

– The movement – not only the camera, but the people within frame are always walking, always movng, always active

– The shaking camera

– The way in which a subject is never focused on for too long

– It almost feels caustrophobic – you never see the full picture, all scenes/shots are quite close up.

– The way in which it’s obcervatory – like the camera shouldn’t be watching these people

– people are  going somewhere – they’re always doing something

– If the subject isn’t moving itself, the world around it is

– Cuts are sometimes similar – for example, if the subject is one womans pair of shoes, it will cut to another womans shoes.

The camera cuts are quite smooth, they’re not jerky. They flow. I believe it is done this way because the central theme (for me) is movement. In most shots, the camera follws it’s subject quite fluently. I believe these techniques combined are done in a way to overall, reflect the movement the film spends it’s time capturing.