CONCLUSION

“As cinematic storytelling often operates on our subconscious, it is difficult to catch and rarely obvious. But this doesn’t diminish the need for screenwriters and directors to become more fluent in its use. Instead, it underscores its importance” – Jennifer van Sijll, Cinematic Storytelling

These very simple cinematic techniques that are outlined in the preceding essay may be very subtle or even blatantly obvious, but either way, the result is enormous in creating a memorable cinematic experience; sometimes even a little goes a long way.

It is clear that the theme of “manipulated realities” is embodied within the concept of extreme filming angles. Even in the definition that I have associated with the term – an unconventional, or unfamiliar, way of seeing the world – it is also a major part of the theme of manipulation, for every position of the camera that is not at eye-level can be considered unfamiliar. And since we see at eye-level on a day-to-day basis, then why not take us somewhere we have never been before...