【Recording Place】#5

Besides the PB2 report of the MARCH OF THE PENGUINS.I’ll be discussing the different kinds of shots that I think made impacts to the film. There are many different kinds of film techniques used in the film like close shots, long shots, to extreme long shots, high angle, low angle and so much more. Each shots or angles actually depends on the mood of the scene. There two transition shot type that I think that I’ve found on the film. These transition shots made the film more interesting to watch since these shots made things emotional or gave tension.

Long shots are shots that are used to give a closer look to a certain area. The director use these shots to show the penguins actions in a full view. The examples that are given for long shots in the film:

• Where the penguins look for their monogamous couple
• The deceased eggs and baby penguins
• They exchanging of the egg from the mother to the father
• The mother who lost her baby then she tried to steal someone’s baby back

These made an impact since we get to see it more closer and we get to know things better of what is being focus on that scene making it more understandable more of what is happening.

Close shots are used to let the audience pay attention to that character. The director used close shots to shows the emotions of the penguins when they are faced with a problem. Examples of close shots that are given in the film:The scene where the baby penguin is hungry and he/she keeps looking up and making noises.

• Where the mother penguin is about leave for her journey and she looks to be a bit worried since she was looking down at the egg.
• Scene where the mother lost her baby penguin and she looks sad about it. She keeps turning her head around like she was planning to steal someones egg.
• The baby penguin grew up and was ready to be left alone by the parents. Their parents leave and the baby penguins look at them with a somewhat sad face.

These made an impact to my understanding of how penguins can also feel different kinds of emotions like us humans.  They felt sad when they realize that they lose someone from their lives making it more realistic and somewhat relates to our kind.  Even though it’s a monogamous relationship between the penguins, taking care of their baby until it’s all grown up is all their priority.

Reaction Shots：How the penguins react when they are faced with a situation. You can not see there emotions immediately by just looking at there face, but also with the movements they are doing. These made the film interesting due to the fact that reactions are good things to watch in my opinion. It can be either sad, happy or terrified reactions as long as it’s amusing to the viewers eyes. Example given in the film are:

•  The grown up baby penguins parents are about to left alone. They watched their parents leave with a blinking and uncontrollable movement they are doing like they want to follow them.
• the hawk scene where the baby penguins runs whenever the hawk comes closer to them.
• When the sea lions were coming for the penguins in the underwater sea, the penguins reacted quickly by swimming hastily back to the surface