Camera Angles From a Movie

Review of camera angles from Enola Holmes (2020)
 produced by Mary Parent

        I chose this movie to portray the camera angles because adventure and mystery typed of  movies are one of my most favorite, they create a lot of suspense and eagerness. Also, they tend to have plenty different camera angles associated with different scenes. This movie is about a girl, Enola Holmes sister, who goes on a quest to find her missing mother with different clues that she left for her. I haven't read the book, but I think it will be filled with actions and adventures. After all she is Sherlock Holmes sister.

         The first angle that I chose is an establishing shot. It can be seen in the beginning of the movie as Enola gives a little bet of background story. It sets the mood and shows the setting for the movie. She lived on the country side filled with mountains and trees.

        This is an extreme wide shot angle. It is taken when Enola Holmes and Lord Tweksbury jump out of a moving train and roll down a hill in order to escape a guy who was trying to kill Tweksbury on their way to London. This scene shows the characters, no longer visible, in contrast to the background. It can give the feeling that the characters are shrinking in importance.

        This close up shot let the audience feel the confusion and fear Enola's face. After arriving in London she manage herself with the clues from her mother. In this scene she realizes what some of her mother's secret plan was when she discovers many bombs and weapons stored inside boxes in a room where her mother had stayed.

         In this two-shot camera angle, the characters are sitting side by side in a carriage while having a very meaningful conversation. Her brother, Mycroft Holmes sent someone to catch Enola. Now, he is forcing her to stop her quest and attend school instead. He also informs that for her to be happy, she has to marry a man. And, in order to marry, she has to learn how to properly act like a lady.

         This is a zoom-in shot, and it usually predicts that something bad is going to happen. In this case, Enola chooses a different path then the one intended after escaping the school. She decides to go Tweksbury's home to find answers. This leads to more trouble and a shocking discovery of who really wanted to kill Tweksbury.

         From this over the shoulder angle, Enola is reunited with her mother once again. Her mother tells her why she left and what she hoped the outcome to be. This scene shows how close the characters are and emphasize the happiness in the scene for the audience.



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