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The difficulties of POV based films
Jankovec, Kryštof ; DOLENSKÝ, Martin (advisor) ; ČIHÁK, Martin (referee)
Lately we can observe a large boom of POV films. This phenomenon can be attributed especially to technological advances. Thanks to home video and Internet content we have access to a huge amount of films utilizing hand-held first person view camera. Filmmakers embrace this method for several reasons.
It allows them to work in an original way using a story telling method that can give the film an unprecedented sense of authenticity. We do not initially consider video, where the camera is in the hands of the protagonist, as a professional film and we get the sense of really encountering "reality" on the screen.
Shooting such a film naturally requires considerably less financial resources. Precise lighting, choice of camera angles and its movements as well as casting famous actors would violate the sense of reality being created and would thus be counter-productive.
Camera set into a first-person view seemingly places us into the body of the main character. This is a new experience for the audience and it enables them to experience situations "hands on".
However this method encounters many limitations in the area of classic storytelling techniques in cinematography, which the audience has been habituated to for more than a hundred years, may it be in the area of directing, camerawork, editing or sound design. These limitations greatly restrict the ability of the author to express himself and his intentions.
In this thesis I would like to reveal these limitations but also find ways to compensate for them.
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