In their film, The Runners, directors Gormley and Rochlitz
use a variety of effective shots to ensure that their short film about a group
of runners in a London park involves the audience in both the setting and what
the runners are saying about their lives.
The film adopts a journalistic style with ‘real’ footage of the runners
while moving. This has the effect of
involving the audience in the ‘run’ of each of the ‘eye witnesses.’
The camera moves along with the runners which is very
effective as a method of involving the viewer in the ‘run.’ There is a combination of long shots and
close up shots. The close up shots of
each runner as they talk about their running and lives are intimate and has the
effect of making the viewer feel as though they are both part of the run and
more directly involved in the lives of the runners.
Some shots are used to ‘link’ the different runners by
either the ground they run along
or the surrounding area.
This is also effective at involving the viewer with the environment of
the runners.
The continuity of editing to different runners works well
and I think that the ‘environment’ shots are useful at providing credibility
and a ‘news style’ to the work.
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