Today in class we looked at the action/science-fiction thriller "Terminator 2" again and by ourselfs we were asked to anaylse camera shots, angels and anything else we thought could mean or link with something else.
Dream/reality - at family home/ranch:
closeup view could resemble the personal approch to the character and light reflecting behind john which could symbolise the importance for example a angel. The canted angle used is the perspectus of john looking at the termitator. the use of this reflects the father figure the terminator is portrayed as. when sarah wears the glasses this takes away the personal view of her as you are often able to tell alot from somone's eyes as you can look into someones eyes and its a guide to your soul. The red lighting used is a use of foreshadowing on what events are going to happen and represenation of the heat.
Final Scene:
side view of the termitor reflects the personal view as the shot is close up and therefore can see personal features. The use of the two men (terminator and son john) are there to reflect the needity of sarah and trust. The low angle used is used to represent the treat and vunrability or sarah and john and the high angle of the man is used as a threat and therefore the directer is playing with the expectations using camera angles. The extreme closeup of sarah symbolises her pain. On the mans face is a red shadow this could symbolise the evilness in side him and the white shadow could resemble the innocence. The high shot could resemble the weakness of sarah. the use of the colour red could resemble desturction as we know this is going to occur.