Friday, 12 September 2014

Camera shots, angles and movement.

Camera shots:
Over the shoulder-The view over the characters shoulder, often of a conversation, used to make the audience feel involved.

High angle-Pointing down at the character, is often used by the director to show weakness.

Low angle-Pointing up at the character, is often used by the director to show power.

Establishing/extreme long shot-The view of a setting from a long distance, often used at the start of a clip to set the scene.

Long shot-Often used to film a character (head to toe) entering/leaving a scene, shows their relationship in their surroundings.


Mid shot-Waist up of a character, used to make the audience become more familiar with the character, shows their facial expressions and body language.

Two shot-Shows two characters and the relationship between them.


Close up-Just the head and shoulders of a character, used to show their emotions.

Point of view-What the character can see, used with a close up shot first to see whose view it is. Helps the audience to engage with the character.

Extreme close up-Part of the character, unable to see other things, often used with just the character's eyes.

Camera movements:
Zoom shot-Similar to a track shot but can be filmed with more basic equipment, zooms in or out of a character or object in shot.
Tracking shot-Used with a dolly or dolly and track to smoothly zoom in/out of a shot of a character. Often used to show the start (zoom in) or end (zoom out). A sides ways track or crab shot is used to follow the character as they move along.
[Sideways track, taken from YouTube chanel ShayCarl]
Arc shot-Full or semi-circle movement around a character/characters. Can be used to show their reactions or to increase intensity.
Tilt shot-Moving up or down on an axis, can be used to show the point of view from a character seeing something daunting (moving up).
[Tilt shot, taken from YouTube channel ShayCarl]
Crane shot-Used by the direction to film in a vertical direction, making the characters appear weak or to end.
Panning shot-A camera mounted on a tripod so it films from a fixed point, filming left or right. Can also be used to show point of view.

[Panning shot, taken from YouTube channel ShayCarl]

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