Camera shots
Video 1 https://youtu.be/7TSeyoNpyLI
Wide shot
- Shows context and surrounding
- Shows physical and emotional space
- Shows the overwhelming odds they face
- See the subject
- Single out one character
- Frames the subject from just bellow the hips up
- Used often for heroic poses
- Waist up
- Close but not too close
- Mainly used for dialogue
- Shoulders and face
- Specific parts are framed more
- Head
- prevents you from seeing surroundings which could create suspense for what is next to come
- Shows intimacy or a close confined space so that you feel like you are almost in the small space too
- prevents you from missing key details
- used in moments of intense emotion
Close up
- shows emotion, tension, involvement or being restricted with what you can see
- Shows eyes
- closes up on a prop or action
- Draws attention
- Highlights important emotions or details
- Gives context
- Helps you get to know the character by their surroundings
- Formality and distance
- Trust
- Anticipation
- Where the next scene is going to take place
- Sets the tone
- High angle shot -Camera looking down at character makes them seem more venerable and have a lower status
- Low angle shot -Camera is looking up at a character, this gives them authority or dominance giving them a higher status
- Used in high action scenes
- Used when there is a-lot to see on a big scale
- Tracking makes you feel involved
- Zooms are used to make you slowly start to focus on something that they a closing up on
- Panning shot gives more information
- Whip panning gives blurring effect to show the pace of the scene
- Slowly revealing something
- mystery
- Creates certain effects
- changes the quality of the movie
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