Explaining the Purpose of Camera Angles, Movement and Shots

This is a screenshot of an birds eye medium close up from the movie Dragonheart. This scene happens in Dragonheart after the dragon (Draco) who shares Einon's heart is being pierced. The camera angles have been used well with the medium close up helping give more effect on the scene. These angles that the director have chosen to use assist us in understanding the excruciating pain on his face which if there was another angle wouldn't be expressed as well. We can share the pain through the look of agony of Enions face as blood runs over his body helping the the audience connect with the pain and understand the connection shared with the dragon. Combined with the perspective and overhead lighting creating shadows it makes the scene more in depth and draws the viewer in. This scene links back to earlier in the film when Draco the dragon suffered through a lot of pain when Enion is stabbed by Kara.


Another type of shot is a long shot as displayed in the picture above. The picture is in the part of film just after Bowen and Draco began to start working together and they were just about to go trick a town into believing the Bowen who is a dragon-slayer killed the dragon, when in reality Draco was faking his death so Bowen could get some money. The camera angles have been used effectively to help demonstrate the size of Draco.The long shot has also been used well to help show the setting of the scene as if the director had of chosen to use a different angle such as a close up we would not of been able to understand the shape and size of the dragon as well we can now with the long shot used. This scene is also similar to another scene in Dragonheart when Draco went and blew fire over one of the villages.

This is an example of a close up and a over the shoulder shot of Draco and Bowen. In this shot you can see Bowen face to face with Draco. This shot takes place on the first night that they spend together and just before Bowen chose to give the dragon the name Draco, Draco being the eighth largest constellation in the sky that forms a shape of a dragon. The use of the shot has been you well as in this shot you can see the size different between both Bowen and Draco and you can also see the frustrated look Bowen got given after Draco made the point that Draco is just dragon in a different way. This scene is also close to another scene in the movie Alice in Wonderland. Here is a picture of the scene:

Here is another type of shot. This shot is a eye level shot. This picture is taken from a scene in Dragon heart where Bowen is teaching Einon some skills with a practice sword. After Einon got cocky Bowen got him and used some of his skills of Einon to show that he is the teacher. The shot helps demonstrate the relationship between the both of them. If there was a different shot used the audience wouldn't of been able to connect as well as you can with the eye level shot. This shot has also been used effectively to show the look of  annoyance on Einons face as Bowen proves to him that power isn't everything. Another shot that is similar to this is one of the movie Harry Potter. This is the eye level shot of Harry walking in to the Forbidden forest about to come face to face with Voldemort: