Monocular Viewpoint

Intent - investigate the use and effectiveness of monocular viewpoint on a narrative

Content - an experimental narrative based on the following image, The Order of Release

Communication Objectives - the drama, the pathos, the relationships, the context, the situation, the characters 

Reference - the following video

This short film of a boy who is delivering a package which has a bomb inside uses many communication mechanisms to get a reaction from the audience. There's a lot of tension, apprehension, nervousness and worry running through this scene. The music helps build this tension, as we know what is in this parcel. Camera shots play a big part as they indicate the significance of some parts of the scenes with the snapping from one thing to another. 

I picked up on few different camera angles and shots which I think were quite influential on this scene.

The Establishing Shot - often used at the beginning of a scene to indicate the location or setting. It is usually a long shot taken from a neutral position. 
This shot lets the audience into the fact that there's a crowd surrounding the are. Knowing what is in the parcel the boy carries makes this all the more worse as these people are innocent and we don't know when this bomb is going to go off. 

Insert Shot- a detail shot which quickly gives visual information to understand the meaning of a scene (e.g. a newspaper page or a physical detail)

This shot is used to snap between to clock and the parcel. It heightens our attention to these items and builds tension giving the context of the correlation between to the two. 

Extreme Close Up - a shot of an object in detail.

Closing in on the parcel with the extreme makes it all the more significant to the scene. We then focus on this more intently throughout and recognise its importance.

Using the idea of these different shots, I will use the original image, The Order of Release, to emphasise importance on certain aspects and to learn further the effects these shots can have.

I mainly using the close up to emphasise the importance of the letter in this scene. And a recurrence of the letter is somewhat a replication of the insert shot as we see it again and again.

I liked adapting the ideas of the camera shots to work with my illustration. It allows me to emphasise and make it apparent there's something important within the image. Something I like the of adopting in my work.