MILLER AND THE BOAT

This is a profile medium close up, of Miller and I believe has a beautiful depth of field. This is very shallow so although Miller is in focus in the foreground you can still see the destruction that is happening to the side of him. To begin with he is unaware of the men leaving the boat aflame. As he turns we pull focus to the background to see the full extent of fatality of the soldiers trying to land.


Photograph 30

The timing of his turn and focus pull to the men emerging on fire is perfect it all happens as one smooth action. As the focus pulls back to Miller you become less aware of the background action and more of his reaction. The full shot is very left framed. Miller takes up the whole left side of shot and the right is taken up by the men coming off the boat. The contrast between the yellow and blue as before is visually very strong and with the fire reflecting in the red tainted water rushing up the shore it adds to our surreal moment.

The image shaker has been used here on a hand held camera and with the editing effect the whole shot trembles slightly as Miller turns back around conveying his feeling of revulsion to what he has just seen.