Wednesday, 14 September 2016

Camera Angles and Shots

Establishing Shot:
It sets up the scene/setting. It is normally at the beginning of a movie.

Close Up:
This shot tightly frames a person of object. The purpose of this is to show detail and facial expressions.

Medium Shot:
Example of a medium shot.
A medium shot is from waist or from knees up to show more body language. It is shot from a medium distance.

Long Shot:
It is shot far from the main focus to show the whole object or person. The surroundings are usually linked to the main object.

Tracking Shot:
The camera would keep the main subject on the screen by following the action.

Aerial Shot:
This shot can be sometimes known as the bird's eye view shot, where the subject is filmed from a high position so the entire image is shown.

Dolly Shot:
The camera moves at a constant rate but it does not necessarily mean that the camera has to follow the action in the scene.

Swish Pan:
This is when the camera moves quickly to one object/figure to another.

High Angle: The camera is located above the main subject and is filmed downwards to generally show the position of power.

Arc shot: The camera moves around in a circular motion. An example of this is 20th Century Fox.

Head on Shot:
The actions come straight to the camera.

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