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Camera shots, Angles, Movement and Composition final
- 3. ESTABLISHING SHOT This establishes the setting of a scene. The range of distance is to establish where the scene is set. Eg. London, Harlesden. Its usually at the beginning of a scene to make it clear to the audience about the setting.
- 4. WIDE SHOT A wide shot is large, and shows a variety of information like a panoramic photograph. They can be used to show everyone in a room, or sitting at a table.
- 5. LONG SHOT Framing of a character/subject. It includes the whole body. (Action; Walking, Running.)
- 6. MID/MEDIUM SHOT This is the framing of a character (subject of their torso). It’s used to show facial expression, body language, and gesture. Mostly used for dialogue.
- 7. CLOSE UP SHOT Framing a character or subject. Shows detail. Shows some particular part of their body such as their hand, face, or an object. Eg. A plate.
- 8. EXTREME CLOSE UP SHOT Is a shot that is a part of the body, face or subject, showing extreme detail to provide more information. POV (Point of View)
- 9. POV (Point of View) Shows the view from the characters perspective. Dependant on cameras imitation of body and movement. It is edited in a way that the audience know who the character is.
- 10. OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT It’s filmed as though it is from the back of the characters shoulder. The subject character usually takes up to 1/3 of the shot depending on the purpose. Other times they usually take up ¼, depending on how inferior the subject is.
- 11. TWO SHOT A shot showing two characters communicating, interacting or conversing.
- 12. OVERHEAD SHOT A type of Camera Shot in which the camera is placed above the character, person or object being filmed. Birdseye view.
- 14. LOW ANGLE This is taken from a Lower place looking up at the character/subject. It usually is used to make the character, subject appear bigger, more powerful or dominant.
- 15. HIGH ANGLE An angle taken from a higher place that looks down on the character. Its often used to make the subject appear smaller, vulnerable, and weak.
- 16. CANNED/OBLIQUE A camera angle used to make the shot appear disorientated, or tilted. Often used to unbalance the audience.
- 18. PAN When the camera moves horizontally to reveal more information about the setting or surrounding. It is sometimes used to establish a scene that cant All fit within one shot.
- 19. TILT Opposite to Pan. When the camera tilts vertically to reveal more information about a setting. It can often be used to give the viewer more information about objects or characters. Often used to reveal the outfit of a character.
- 20. TRACK The movement of the camera that moves side to side without a pivot to follow (track) an object or character. ‘Track’ refers to rails which a wheeled platform (that the camera rests on) is used to carry out smooth movement.
- 21. ZOOM When the zoom (camera feature) moves in on a character or object, to show more detail. The speed of the zoom can vary.
- 22. REVERSE ZOOM This is the opposite of zoom. It is more commonly known as ‘zoom out’. When the zoom moves away from a character or object to reveal more details about their surroundings or settings. The speed of zoom can vary.
- 24. BALANCE Balance is the composition of elements so that they are even. No one part is over powering the other. There are three different kinds of balance. Symmetrical, Asymmetrical & Radial. The human body is an example of symmetrical balance. The asymmetrical balance is that the human body doesn’t weigh the same on both sides. An example of radial balance is equality in length. Eg. The sun.
- 25. SYMMETRY Symmetry is when the shot is Symmetrical (equally balanced on both sides.) Both sides look almost identical.
- 26. ASYMMETRY Asymmetry is when the shot is asymmetrical (unbalanced on both sides.) This affect is often used in filming to show chaos or disorder.
- 27. RULE OF THIRDS The rule of thirds is a compositional rule in visual arts. Eg. Painting, Photography, etc. The rule states that an image should be imagined as divided into nine equal parts by two equally spaced horizontal lines and two equally spaced vertical lines.
- 28. DEPTH OF FIELD The Depth of Field (DOF) is the distance of what is in focus. It’s the distance the nearest and closest object within a scene that appear sharp in an image.
- 29. SHALLOW FOCUS Shallow focus is a photographic and cinematographic method including a small depth of field. In shallow focus, one side of the image in focus, whereas the remainder is out of focus. It’s typically used to accentuate one part of the image over another.
- 30. DEEP FOCUS Deep focus is the opposite of shallow focus. It is where the entire image is in focus. This results in the foreground, middle ground and background being in focus.
- 31. FOCUS PULLS Focus pulls in otherwise known as (Rack Focus.) It’s a camera technique that changes the focus during the shot. This usually means adjusting the focus from one focus to another.