The Affects Of The Artist's Perception Of Onscreen Characters

The use of camera, including camera angles, shot sizes, and camera movement, can influence, alter, and strengthen the viewer’s perception of onscreen characters. Each of these aspects of camera use is important to the film as a whole, but more specifically each of these aspects can help to portray and define the character in terms of both personality and reputation within the film. The use of camera can influence, alter, and strengthen the viewer’s perceptions and opinions towards onscreen characters. The first aspect of camera use that can impact the viewer’s perception of onscreen characters is camera angles. Camera angles can change and distort the way that the viewer witnesses the scene. For example, a high camera angle can make a character seem small, less significant, victimized, or …show more content…
Camera movement can greatly influence how a viewer perceives onscreen characters in many ways. The first way is that camera movement can help to show the character’s actions and acting. This is important, as if there was no camera movement, the actor would not be able to move or walk anywhere except for within a stationary frame. An important aspect of camera movement in regards to how the viewer perceives onscreen characters, are point-of-view shots and any form of motivated movement. A point-of view shot shows the viewer what the character would see, which can help to show the character’s visual perspective towards a situation. Motivated movement of the camera is important, as it allows the camera to move as an object onscreen moves. This means that the camera is able to move as an onscreen character moves, which can help to show the actions of a character, meaning that the viewer can see how the character’s actions. This helps to further characterize the character and influence how the viewer perceives the onscreen character. The use of camera movement can greatly influence how the viewer perceives onscreen