Camera Movement In Broken City

In this essay, the questions that will be discussed are the importance of camera movement on the style of the film and the question about whether or not having a clear, serious story is the only reason to watch a film like Broken City. In my opinion, camera movement is the most crucial aspect in filmmaking to the extent that there might be no point in even shooting a film if there would not be any frame movements involved. It is like the seasoning of the filmmaking process. When camera movements are used, the cinematographer would be using the most powerful tool available in cinema, whether it is a pan, CGI, or even a zoom. Usually people think it is a hard task to perform camera movement when it comes to using dollies or tracks, but nowadays one does not need to use these cranes nor the …show more content…
More detailed information about camera movement can be about the unmotivated and motivated camera movements. Motivated camera movements are when the camera follows a character as he/she moves while unmotivated camera movements are used to emphasize the scene supernaturally or emotionally by the director. An example of a motivated camera movement in Broken City is the first scene in the court room. The camera pans and follows the lawyer as she speaks and walks towards the left of the screen. The following shot is a zoom in on Mark Wahlberg as he is sitting and listening to the lawyer speak. Since he is not moving and the camera is zooming in on him to give an emotional effect, it is an unmotivated camera movement. One of the types of camera movements also used is the Bird’s-Eye View shot. This is when the camera is placed above the subject, looking straight down towards the subject and the ground. The reason behind a shot like that is to enhance the dramatic moment on a scene or