Thesis question
How does camera perspective influence our view of a character/scene?
Draft Introduction
Perspective is the view we have regarding three-dimensional objects, we get the right impression of the subject by looking at its height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other. In other words, it is also a particular attitude we have towards something, also known as a ‘point of view’. Throughout this paper, we will be talking about somewhat more specifically the camera perspectives. Camera angles and perspective have been used in the animation, film, and VFX industries for years. Regarding this topic, you will be reading about how camera angle has been influencing people’s lives, how it develops over the years in the industries, what has changed regarding the rules of camera perspective, and how it affects us.
General Outline of each Chapter
Chapter 1: ‘point of view’ through its times
In this Chapter, We will take a look back in time and see how camera angle and perspective have been created through the times, Starting off
Chapter 2: Society in Perspective
To get a clear view of how camera perspective is portrayed it is important to also have an understanding of how society views the different ways of perspective. In this section, we will talk about how in society different questions and ideas can have an influence on how they will portray or view something through a camera lens. Here I will talk about different researched that will use different subjects to get a result on how people use a camera to get different types of perspectives. (Research in question: Gale, A., and Lewis, M.B. (2019))
Chapter 3: Camera Perspective and its power
What is the power of camera perspective and angle now and what kind of effect does it have? After talking about the history of camera perspective in films of course it shows that over the past years, a lot of improvements have been made regarding technology. This kind of influence makes it to where the camera angle and perspective have also influenced. So what kind of perspectives do we have in the industry from this time?
Chapter 4: Result of the Influences of camera perspective
This chapter will dive into the specific influences the camera perspective has on its viewer. Talking about the information gathered in the other chapters and pointing out different theories such as crossing the line also confuse the viewer.
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