A Girl's Gotta Do What A Girl's Gotta Do

Why this scene?

We chose the scene where Antigone and Ismene are talking about whether they should bury their brother, Polyneices. Antigone wants to bury Polyneices because he deserves to be buried like his brother Eteocles. But the only problem with burying Polyneices was that Creon made a new law against burying him. And whoever shall attempt of burying him would be stoned to death in the public square. We chose this scene because by the conversation they had, it is easy to understand what kind of personality they are. Even in this short scene, it is clear that Antigone is more of a risk taker and Ismene is more of a person who thinks through the decisions she makes.

What were you trying to communicate in your cinematic decisions? Give some examples of your cinematic decisions.

Cinematic decisions are important in making a movie because they bring the good out of the movie. By the angles, and the close ups, it brings a whole new aspect of the movie. By changing the angle to zoom up on a particular face, it emphasizes more on the reaction made by the face. So it is easier for the audience to understand what the character is feeling. Cinematic decisions such as pauses and expressions are important. Pauses are used to emphasize a point the character was making, and by the pause, it would make the audience easier to understand what the character was trying to communicate. And to show expressions made by the character’s faces, we used long shots. A long shot enables the audience to get the idea of the whole scene, as well as catching the expressions on ones face and the action a character does.

Some of the cinematic decisions we came across as a group is one at 0:22-0:24. We used a close up on Ismene’s face to show her expression. While she says that she is sad, she frowns, so for the audience to get a better look at her expression, we chose to close up on her face. Another cinematic decision we made was at 0:35-0:40. We made Antigone look at the camera because it emphasizes on the point where she says, “there is something we must do.” It brings in the audience to the scene, which make it more lively and active. 1:12-1:17 is a long shot, which shows what actions the characters are doing. In this case, the long shot captures Ismene doing some actions on her reaction to what Antigone just told her. Even with these small cinematic decisions, which only take a couple of seconds in the whole movie, it is a very important part of the movie. These cinematic decisions emphasizes on the important aspects during this short scene.