Saturday, January 24, 2009

cRAZY cATS

We have a couple of crazy cats. The cat in these images is named Sia and her sister is named Nara. Sia love to play. My girls will take a flashlight and shine it on the ceiling and Sia will "talk to it" and then unexpectedly launch herself 3 to 4 feet into the air and bat at the light. She will do this again and again until the light is turned off.

This is play for her and she is persistent. I put the camera angle low in order to emphasize the leap into the air. Orson Wells, the filmmaker used this technique to great effect in Citizen Kane (1941) and The Magnificent Ambersons (1942).

Blurred images can be a metaphor for action or speed. Camera placed low to the ground or beneath subject can be used to convey the power of the subject to the audience.

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