Week 5- Response To Content

 In class we watched the beginning of the film Rubber. This movie was interesting to say the least, but most of all I found it intriguing because I payed close attention to the framing of the movie and the types of shots that were taken. We had just gone over all the different types of shots in the lecture and I had never really thought much into the concept so really thought about it while we watched the film. It would take forever to go over all the different types of shot that took place in the first 20 minutes of the film, but there were a couple that really jumped out at me. The first one was the scene that the tire was still in the ground. At first the camera was taking a "Long Shot" of the deserted area with random thing lying around. This was to true the idea of the Long Shot because it gave of us, the viewer, and idea of where, when, and who the scene was about. More specifically the camera then changed to a  "Big Close-Up" shot; when the camera zoomed in and solely focused on the tire itself. By the camera being this close to the tire we were able to see the emotion of the tire. It was shaking uncontrollably before it shook itself loose from the ground. Due to the shot sizes during this scene, the viewer was really able to get a sense of what was going on. If there was just one shot size, say at a "Medium Long Shot", there would not be the same effect on the viewer. Another scene that the scene shot played a pivotal role was when the bunny rabbit and the tire where facing off. The switching between shot size really gave a sense and made you feel like you were really there right between the tire and rabbit. At first there was a "Long Shot", but then there the camera switched to a "Big Close-up" and switched between the tire and rabbit. This shot size really gave us a feeling of the situation and details of what each character was feeling at the height of the tension. As it can be seen, I thought this movie was a really good choice to watch because it really showed good examples of all aspects of film, particularly the shot sizes and the effects that each of them have on the viewer.