Monday 15 September 2014

Camera shots

Over the shoulder shot - Used in the first video at 0:05, this shot is usually used for a clip when a conversation is happening, the shot helps establish the position of each person from the other persons point of view.
High angle shot - Used at 0:11 this shot is used to make the person in the clip seem smaller and not as important,  as if someone is overpowering over them.
Low angle shot  - This shot is used to make someone appear a lot bigger than they are, and to make them seem intimidating and important.
Tracking Shot - This is a camera movement where the camera moves in a particular direction e.g. up / down or left / right. seen in the second video at 0:30.
Tilt shot - this shot only goes up or down, used in the video at 0:32.
Zoom - This shot is used in films, its used to get closer or further away from a character, shown in the video at 0:40.
Arc shot - This is used like a tracking shot except the shot almost goes into a semi circle and bends so you can see what's in the scene from both sides. shown in the video at 0:47.
Crane shot - This shot is used to show the camera floating up into the air like its on a crane, this shot is usually achieved when the camera is put onto a remote control copters or something similar and then the camera men can control where they go. seen in the clip at 0:49.
Panning shot - The camera is stationary but is spinning from left to right, seen in the clip at 0:51.
Extreme long shot - This shot is exactly what is on the name, its a shot of something very far away, to give the audience a sense of scenery and it creates atmosphere.
Long shot - This shot is similar to the extreme long shot but its not as long, its like looking at the house across the road or across a small car park etc.
Mid shot - Typically this is a shot of the middle of the subject, in the clip it is the middle of a persons body, head to torso area. 0:35.
Two people shot - This shot is one in which two people can fit into the camera frame, instead of the over the shoulder shot where you cant see both faces.  0:37.
Close up - Not to different to a mid shot but closer in, as oppose to chest to head it would be shoulders to head. 0:40.
Extreme close up - Even closer than a close up, in the video it focuses on small details like the persons glasses 0:45.

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