CINEMATOGRAPHY: THE SIGNIFICANCE IN TELEVISION DRAMA ‘BINIKU NINJA’ Keywords: Cinematography, costume, lighting, space, drama
The artwork that will be discussed in this paper is cinematography as presented in figure 1. It is one of the television programs in ASTRO OASIS. This drama is an adaptation from a novel and it is inspired from a true story of a couple named Azlan and Sabatini who got married while pursuing their studies in United Kingdom, UK. Both of them loved to travel and because of that, this drama emphasized on the challenges that they had to face while travelling to another country. Cinematography requires a lot of work comparing to photography as all elements to produce a narrative are transform into visuals; from the ideas to small details. In cinematography, visual metaphor requires the film maker to have the ability to tell a story through the visual (Brown, 2016, p. 46). This is very important as …show more content…
It is important for the character to wear an appropriate costume because this helps the audience to relate the character and the narrative of the film or television drama. For example,the costume he wears in figure 1 is casual. The bag and his laptop indicate that he is a student who is trying to do his assignment. This is showing the representation of the reality of a university student. As he is studying in UK, it is normal for him to wear jacket even though the shooting took place during sunny day. However, the choice of color of his costume is not appealing in this frame,dull. This could mean that Azlan is under pressure and feeling demotivated. The costume he wears also camouflage with the environment. Hence, the choice of color for his costume should be taken into consideration as it will affect the narrative and could make the audience to lose
The artwork that will be discussed in this paper is cinematography as presented in figure 1. It is one of the television programs in ASTRO OASIS. This drama is an adaptation from a novel and it is inspired from a true story of a couple named Azlan and Sabatini who got married while pursuing their studies in United Kingdom, UK. Both of them loved to travel and because of that, this drama emphasized on the challenges that they had to face while travelling to another country. Cinematography requires a lot of work comparing to photography as all elements to produce a narrative are transform into visuals; from the ideas to small details. In cinematography, visual metaphor requires the film maker to have the ability to tell a story through the visual (Brown, 2016, p. 46). This is very important as …show more content…
It is important for the character to wear an appropriate costume because this helps the audience to relate the character and the narrative of the film or television drama. For example,the costume he wears in figure 1 is casual. The bag and his laptop indicate that he is a student who is trying to do his assignment. This is showing the representation of the reality of a university student. As he is studying in UK, it is normal for him to wear jacket even though the shooting took place during sunny day. However, the choice of color of his costume is not appealing in this frame,dull. This could mean that Azlan is under pressure and feeling demotivated. The costume he wears also camouflage with the environment. Hence, the choice of color for his costume should be taken into consideration as it will affect the narrative and could make the audience to lose