The Personal Camera - The Subjective Cinema and the Essay.
Subjective shot: in this shot the eyes of the actor are the eyes of the camera. The camera does not show the actions of the character, but it takes part of that action. It is the only shot were the actor looks at the camera, because it is a part of the scene. This shot is very often used to create horror and tension.
Professor Laura Rascaroli Professor and Co-Head of the Discipline of Film and Screen Media at University College Cork, author of The Personal Camera: Subjective Cinema and The Essay Film(2009) Kibwe Tavares, Factory Fifteen Architect trained filmmaker and actor, member of Factory Fifteen, known for Jonah (2013) and Robots of Brixton (2011).
Laura Rascaroli (University of Cork, author of The Personal Camera: Subjective Cinema and the Essay Film, Wallflower, 2009) Igor Krstic (University of Reading, postdoctoral researcher on “Accented Essay Films”, and convenor of forthcoming “World Cinema and the Essay Film” conference).
Essay Films. By Paul Arthur in the January-February 2003 Issue. Galvanized by the intersection of personal, subjective rumination, and social history, the essay has emerged as the leading nonfiction form for both intellectual and artistic innovation.. but it reminds us that a quality shared by all film essays is the inscription of a blatant.
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