Dr. Strangelove seems to stick to a wide camera lens for dramatic effect, and throws in zoom shots every once and a while to add to the image. During the meeting with the president there are a lot of wide camera lens shots, especially when they’re sitting at the huge table. The camera zooms in and out on a character (General Buck especially) when they speak for emphasis. All of this contributes adds this sense of large space and urgency when all these people are trying to talk over each other to find a solution to the doomsday machine. Another time when there are zoom shots is when the US soldiers are storming the fort, for dramatic emphasis. The wide lens and …show more content…
Strangelove utilizes is different angles and levels. Kubrick has a lot of low angles especially when he’s first introducing General Ripper that gives viewers the idea that something is wrong even though we’re not exactly sure what. It makes Ripper seem like a devious character who is up to something shifty because that’s typically the sort of angle used for villains. Even before viewers realize this chain of events that Ripper has set into motion we can tell by the angles that we shouldn’t trust this character. Combine that with the initial extra-long-distance camera shots of Ripper and he seems like a maniacal character. The majority of the camera shots of Ripper are either extra-long distance or close up silhouettes. Even some of the lines and levels as far as Ripper is concerned are tilted downwards and seem dark. A lot of the shots with him in them are dark, with lots of