Engaging the Viewer

Engaging the Viewer

There are ways of making the audience feel engaged with the action that is going on in a particular scene which will enhance their overall viewing experience.

Different shots can help achieve this, such as:

Wide Shots; presenting a whole view of the action to audience.
Ariel Shots; following the events while capturing the overall location.
Crane Shots; scale buildings
Bullet time camera-setups which enables the viewers to experience a moment of action frozen in time from 360 degrees.

Audiences enjoy variation of shot distance and camera angles:

• During action scenes, the audience will want to visually see the setting of the scene in order to have a general idea about the space and proxemics of the area.
• During key dramatic beats in a scene, the audience expects a close coverage of a reaction of a character or key objects that reveal information.
• Point of View shots also enables the audience to see exactly what the character is experiencing from that action.

Changing editorial pace can also be used for creating tension.

Long takes can give the audience a sense of a long and natural amount of time passing in order to make the situation realistic.