The camera shots used by the director and footages used shows great detail in the launch and what was happening while the launch has happened such as the shots of the crowd with mixed emotions as some people in the crowd were happy and had relief. zome people such as military veterans with still curious and serious facesAlso with with the camera shots of the mission control room you can notice how their was not many people of colour and gave me an idea of the launch being more of an exclusive event for the people in America as in that time the launch took place racism was still one of the .Director also shows us almost what feels like 2 different worlds of people applauding from a distance with a shot of the rocket looking so tiny but then instantly transitioning back to the control room with the people in the mission control room showed being still focused even after the launch with still no visual sign of relief from their faces.The suspenseful music quickly starting to take over again showing that and singling the audience that there is still no thing to be relieved about.
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IN the documentary film Apollo 11 director Todd Millar uses a variety of cinematography and sound techniques to build up anticipation, suspense and to draw us into the experience.In the final moments of the countdown camera shots of the launch control room, the VIPs on the viewing platform and public are used to show the audience how the rocket launch was the centre of the worlds attention.In the years since the moon landings a plethora of science fiction films have taken viewers to the galaxy and back, in comparison the trip to the moon might seem mundane.Todd Millar uses these camera shots of the crowds to impress upon us, his audience, the fact that this event was the pinnacle of human achievement. Quite literally, the eyes of the world were on the Saturn V rocket and the moment of the launch.The use of wide, panning and close ups shots of various parts of the crowd give us not only a sense of being there but also a look at the emotion, awe and scale of the moment.
In unison wit these shots Millar adds in sound elements designed to make the moments before the launch more suspenseful and momentous.Director Todd Millar uses non diegetic sound to make the footage and camera shots of the rocket and crowds more suspenseful and to draws the audience in.An example of this is when director Todd Millar adds in radio chatter sound giving information about the rocket and saying how long the rocket will take before launching and as this is happening as it gets closer to the launch non diegetic sound of intense and loud heartbeat takes over the footage shown of the rocket.This gives us a sense of feeling of how the astronauts, people in the control room,VIPs and crowd .
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