Homework

Friday 30th September 

Lights Camera Action

Shot Type 

Establishing Shot - usually used in opening of a scene or transition between scenes. Can introduce alot of different things.

Master Shot - Usually used to emphasis who's in the scene. Captures the scene in its entirety.

Wide Shot - used when you need to make a character seem lost or overwhelmed. Usually shows isolation. Similar to an establishing but has people in instead.

Long Shot - used to present a character in their entirety 

Medium Long - from waist and above and the angle a little bit below the person so they look confident and confrontational and powerful

Mid Shot - Neutral shot, middle of the torso and above usually 

Medium Close Up -  captures reaction change well

Close Up - shows empathy within the characters

Extreme Close Up - highlights one specific area of the face (usually eyes) 

Insert Shot - extreme close up on an abject rather than a person, highlights importance 

Camera Angle

Low Angle - Used to make character to look more powerful. Not confined to human subjects.

High Angle - Typically used to establish landscapes, areas. Used to dwarf the character and make them seem more weak (opposite to the low angle)

Birdseye View - Directly above the character 

Dutch Tilt - Tilt the camera angle slightly to magnify tension

Eye Level - Creates an instant connection between character and viewer

Shoulder Level - often used during convocations, frequently become and over the shoulder shot. 

Hip Level - Often linked to cowboy movies because of the gun holster, usually used to create tension 

Knee Level - Often find themselves as low angles 

Ground Level - Placed on the ground or sometimes below the ground, used to track a characters movement throughout a scene. 

Framing

Clean Singles - features one character along in the frame, character is the primary focus. Best used to convey a characters isolation 

Dirty Single - you have part of another character within the frame but not a properly visible part

Two Shot - Creates a visual relationship between who characters 

Over The Shoulder - Usually singles out one person

Point Of View - Can be a POV of whatever you want, usually paired with POV audio so we can also hear what they hear. 

Insert Shot - These can be combined with POV shots but is usually used to highlight a single object  

Camera Movement 

Static shot - Has zero camera movement, good for dialogue. Allows actor to shine also used to trap a character and showcase their helplessness.

Pan - Used to show something else off camera but still in the same scene. 

Whip Pan - Very fast movement to showcase a relationship between tow character and amp up the scene

Tilt - used to show vulnerability setting or scale.

Push In - Camera physically moves, directs our attention to a specific detail. 

Pull Out - showcase the entirety of the scene. Can also show abandonment and loneliness/isolation.

Zoom - can be in or out, zooming out can show the context of the characters. Most horror movies use a slow zoom to showcase eeriness 

Crash zoom, very quick sudden zoom in or out

Tracking shot, Move with the subject, makes the audience wonder two questions, where i the character going and what will they do when they get there, can also be used to build tension

Rule Of Thirds

SCENE ANALYSIS - 

The initial scene from spider man no way home is a zoom in close up on spider mans face t showcase the expression on his face, it then moves to an over the shoulder mid shot still following the same 180 degrees rule which shows spider man on top of a pole looking at the screen, from this shot type we can still see spider mans expression and but now we get a closer look at why his expression is so shocked. After this we then see a zoom in crowd shot with the main characters face looking towards the camera 

EVALUATION - 

https://youtu.be/p8y4EPkHRGw

The camera work in my shootout video was good but would have benefitted from a steadier hand or possibly a tripod could have helped out. My sound fitted well with the video and the video style although it did lack some variety, although it was only a 2 minute clip.