Camera Techniques Used In Shakespeare In Love

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is called a following pan. The speed of a pan across a subject creates a particular mood as well as establishing the viewer’s relationship with the subject. For example, when all the players are in the tavern and Henslow lets out that Will has a wife Viola as Thomas gets upset and runs out of the tavern; Will runs after her and the camera follows them. The viewer can sense Viola’s pain and also Will’s pain as the camera cuts back and forth between each character.
There are also camera techniques used to establish distance and angle: long shot, establishing shot, medium shot, close-up, angle of shot, and point of view. Long shots show the character and all the surrounding rather than the character as the focus of attention. The very last scene in the movie is a perfect example of a long shot; where Viola is walking away up to the beach toward her brave new world. Another technique that was used was an establishing shot, which sets the scene. An example of this technique is the ...

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