Tuesday, 6 October 2015

Camera Shots, Angles and Movements

Camera Angles:

Establishing shots- to establish settings or scene to the audience.


Extreme long shots- to show the surroundings in more detail of the character.


Long shots- a full body shot, used to see everything in the scene.


Mid long shots- usually from thigh upwards (American angle)


Mid shots- usually from waist upwards.


Close-up shots- sometimes include shoulder and face, used to focus details on character's face.


Extreme close-up shots- focusing on character's specific details.


High angle shots- status shot, used to make the character seems small and obedience.


Low angle shots- status shot, used to make audience feels inferior.


High vs Low shots- status shot, interchanging between high n low characters.



Point of view shots- shots from character's point of view.



Over the shoulder shots- shots from over the character's shoulders, usually used in conversations.


Canted angle shots- for the audience to feel disoriented and uneasy.



Camera Movement:


Panning: Moving the camera lens from one part of the frame to the other.
Zoom: Changing vocal length to make the subject in the frame appear closer or further away.
Tilt: Moving the camera up and down while keeping it constant horizontally.
Track: Moving the camera forward, backwards, left, right while keeping the focus on the subject.
Hand-held: Moving the camera in a more mobile movement to make the audience feels as if they were in the action of the scene.


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