Saturday, 29 November 2014

Camera shots and angles in movies- Coursework prep

                                                                    Shots


Establishing Shot: A shot taken from an overhead position, often used as an establishing shot.



Close up shot: A head and shoulders shot often to show expression or emotion of a character. Also can be a shot of an object, filmed from close to the object or zoomed in that reveals detail.


Extreme Close up: A shot where part of a face or body of a character fills the whole frame, also can be a shot of an object where only a small part of it dominates the frame.
 
 
Establishing Shot: A shot that establishes a scene, often giving their viewer information about where the scene is set. Can be close up shot but often a wide/long shot that usually appears at the beginning of the scene.
 
 
 
Medium Shot: The framing of a subject from waist up.
 
 
Two Shot: A shot of two characters, possible engaging in conversation. Usually to signify/establish some sort of relationship.
 
 
Point-Of-View Shot: Shows a view from the subjects perspective. This shot is usually edited so that the viewer is aware who's point of view it is.
 
 
Over the shoulder Shot- looking behind a characters shoulder, at a subject. The character facing the subject usually occupies 1/3 of the frame but it depends on what meaning the director wants to create (for example, if the subject is an inferior character, the character facing them may take up more of the frame to emphasise this.
 

 
Overhead Shot- a type of camera shot in which the camera is positioned above the character, action or object being filmed.
 
 
                   Reaction Shot: a shot that shows the reaction of a character either to another character or an event within the sequence.
 
 
 
Angles
 
 
High Angle: a camera angle that looks down upon a subject or object. Often used to make the subject or object appear small or vulnerable.
 
 
Low Angle: A camera angle that looks at a subject or object. Often used to make the subject/object appear powerful/dominant.
 
 
Canted framing (or oblique): camera angle that makes what is shot appeared to be skewed or titled.
 
 
 
 

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