The use of camera framing and movement in partnership with mise-en-scene can create a narrative. There are many different camera movements that each have their own denotations. These denotations create the story for the audience to uncover.

We were randomly put into groups and took a selection of photos, each of us taking turns to model for the camera. With the photos collected I used a website called “Canva” to make a moodboard. This moodboard is compiled with 9 photos that all display a narrative. The hashtags infer the distance that the shot was taken from, the denotation of the image and the connotation that comes with it.

Although most denotations may look very similar, the connotations may be completely different. This is because mise-en-scene relies on five things: costumes, lighting, acting, make-up, props and setting. These 5 aspects of mise-en-scene plus the variety of camera movements and framing makes for a very different narrative. For example, a close up shot of the subject wearing a spacesuit in a rocket ship has entirely different connotations to an extreme long shot, of a man walking down the road all alone at night.

The angle of the camera is very important as it can make the subject have more power by filming the shot at a lower angle, but it can also make the subject have less power and be victimised by a high angle shot. This makes it easy for producers to explain to the audience that a character has power without directly telling them, which allows them to have more creative freedom and really create a good narrative.

With the information that I have learnt it will allow me to use different camera framing techniques and camera movement techniques in my music magazine and my music video in Year 13. I have leant another way to display a narrative, this in unison with mise-en-scene will allow me to make a very good narrative for the audience to uncover.