Review of Camera Angles in Love Island, Season 5

Love Island Season 5 and How Camera Angles Depict Emotion

Love Island is a reality television show about people from the UK who are trying to find love. It is often times dramatic, playful, and upbeat. Different camera angle shots we learned about from the articles  Different Camera Angles Create Different Emotions and Use of Long Shots in Film helped me understand how the producers use different shots to display these emotions. 
The shot shown above is a locked- down shot. The Islander, Yewande, is looking at another person who is speaking to her as she eats her breakfast. The producer wants to show her reaction to what is being said, portraying the drama of the show. However, as locked down shots are, the subject seems unfazed by the activity going on before her. The shot could also be categorized as an eye level shot because we are seeing her above the shoulders. The viewer is meant to see Yewande's reaction as the focal point of the shot. 
Unfortunately, this shot is a bit blurry because of my camera's quality. However, the producers were attempting to achieve a follow shot. One of the islanders, Bella, was filmed walking down a path leading to the villa's pool. She is in a summery bikini and is on her way to join her friends by the poolside. The follow shot, which can also be characterized as a medium shot, depicts Bella from the waist up. The camera follows the subject as she walks but cannot see her point of view facing forward, so the viewer is supposed to guess where she is headed based on familiarity with the setting. 
This shot pictured above is clearly an establishing shot. The viewer is allowed to have a clear look at the villa, and take notice that it is a bright, sunny, and happy day. The picture's vividness was unfortunately dimmed by my camera but the show displayed a bubbly and upbeat atmosphere. The producers also paired this shot with pop music.  After reading about the use of long shots in film, I know that the purpose of this shot is to set the mood and display the setting at the beginning of the scene. 
Another shot I recognized was the high- angle shot. Love Island does MANY of these shots because the producers want to minimize intrusiveness, to really allow for drama (and love connections) to happen. With this minimal approach, the producers place cameras in the corners of ceilings in rooms, in trees, or even hanging from the strings of lights outside of the villa. This allows for the most candid viewing of the Islanders. I feel like the high angle or bird's eye view shot which applies best to this show is sequence shots because since it is a reality television show the producers do not want to leave out ANYTHING.

I noticed the shot above was a freeze frame shot. The people that were filming wanted to depict the action of this shot by freezing the film on one of the actors, Joe, splashing water in the pool. I thought this was a cool shot because it effortlessly displays the playfulness of the show. The cast of the show are called "Islanders" and they are meant to act as such, staying in one large villa 24/7 for 8 weeks as they attempt to find love. Because of the fact they must remain at the villa, it obviously makes sense that most of their time would be spent lounging around and splashing in the pool.






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