Star Wars

The film I have used was Star Wars VI Return of The Jedi, the extract I used was when Luke Skywalker is fighting Darth Vader. The camera is used at the beginning of the extract using a medium close up showing both Luke and Vader and then the camera suddenly focuses on the lightsaber using a extreme close up making the audience aware that it's a really important prop in that scene. They used pans shot when the camera was following the lightsaber flying in the Luke's hand. The way they used the camera makes the audience prepared for a fight that will happen between Vader and Luke so it creates tension. They also used a long shot, using a high angle shot while Vader and Luke were in the fight, the way they used the camera makes the audience see the whole fight and shows the location of the fight. In that scene they a crane shot which makes the audience feel like they are in power during the film as they’re above the two characters.

The second film I chose was Star Wars III The Revenge of The Sith, this extract is a fight between Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi. The scene in this extract is a close up of Anakin showing the anger and the hatred on his face towards Obi-Wan, they used a low angle shot because Obi-Wan is on the floow which makes the audience feel like they’re Obi-Wan and creates a feeling of fear about getting defeated by Anakin. They used a tilt shot when they were showing Anakin because Obi-Wan was getting closer and closer to the ground so the camera moved up looking further up towards Anakin’s face, so it’s sort of like a first person view shot, which makes the audience feel more involved in the film.