Trunk shot

A trunk shot is a camera setting (English: shot ) in the film, in which the camera in the trunk (ger .: trunk ) of a car is placed and filmed by the open trunk lid is happening outside of the trunk.

function

The trunk shot usually includes (for notchback sedans ) a perspective from a frog's perspective . Such a low angle , the dramatic function, have the superiority of from the bottom view visualize taken out figures.

These psychological ascriptions do not necessarily have to be true. The film scholar David Bordwell emphasizes another importance of the film style. Elements of the cinematic representation (here the camera angle) do not necessarily have to have a narrative function - that is, to drive the narrative forward - but can merely serve to satisfy the curiosity . This can also apply to the extreme camera angle of the trunk shot .

Individual evidence

^ David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson: Film Art: An Introduction. McGraw-Hill, New York 2001. (6th edition) (→ 7th chapter: The Shot: Cinematography , pp. 193–248)
^ David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson: Film Art: An Introduction. McGraw-Hill, New York 2001. (6th edition) (→ Chapter 10: Style as a Formal System , pp. 327–351)

[1] David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson: Film Art: An Introduction. McGraw-Hill, New York 2001. (6th edition) (→ 7th chapter: The Shot: Cinematography , pp. 193–248)

[2] David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson: Film Art: An Introduction. McGraw-Hill, New York 2001. (6th edition) (→ Chapter 10: Style as a Formal System , pp. 327–351)