Richard Rannabargar
Reading Guide #1: Camera Work
It is highly recommended that you look over these questions before you begin your
reading. Answer the following questions using the fourth chapter on Camera Work from
Essential Cinema. Unless a question asks you to do otherwise, please answer in your
own words and do not cite from the text. Each of your responses below should be
approximately 100 words in length. Please print this out and bring it to class.
a. On p. 87-94, Lewis discusses some ways in which the placement of the camera can
communicate some sort of meaning or give the viewer a particular impression of a
scene. Describe one of those techniques and how it functions to communicate
meaning in some way.
Low-angle shots are useful for a variety of reasons. Low-angle shots can show a
character in a way that tells the audience a character is the antagonist by making the
