Examples of Video shots and composition
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The document discusses different types of video shots including wide shots, medium shots, close-ups, cutaways, inserts, establishing shots, point-of-view shots, two-shots, and interview shots. It also covers basic shot composition techniques like rule of thirds, framing, depth, leading lines, and layering. Students are assigned a project to film a short video using different shot types and compositions.
Examples of Video shots and composition
- 1. EQ: What are the different shot types?
- 3. • One individual recording of video
- 4. • Several shots in a row to tell a story AKA Scene
- 5. • All the action at one location – one segment of the story
- 7. • A scene • is a part of action in a single location. • Example batman fighting on a rooftop • A shot • is one individual view or angle. • A scene is made of many different shots.
- 8. • Shot length: how long a shot lasts • Average between 7-12 seconds..standard shot • Goal should be right around 10 • Long shot (Long Cut) • Shot over 12 seconds • Can be done for drama/suspense • Boringif not used purposefully • Fast cut • Very short shot • Creates chaos and energy • Variety makes things much more visually interesting
- 9. • shoot "wide, medium, tight."
- 10. Basic shots for improving variety. WMT and Angles • Wide • Medium • Tight • High - low • Side to side
- 11. • Topic : One person doing an activity • Plan 5 shots on paper (Shot List • Wide • Medium • Tight • Angle 1 • Angle 2 • Grade for Shot List. plan • Film with partner.
- 12. • Experiment with shot types • 1 day to shoot • 5 shots for 50 seconds total • Must be five different angles • What to film • Random activity • Two people talking/walking • Playing catch • Working on a computer • Drawing • Making A paper airplane. • Singing/Dancing Proposal: what your activity will be What each group member will do. Writer/Sound Tech/ Plans out scene Director: Designs Shots Editor: Puts video Together Actor: Camera
- 13. • 5 different shots 40 • Overall quality/followed direction 10 points • Title/Credits 20 points • Shot Length Avg 12 seconds20 Points • Named properly 10 points • 8a_group1_variety
- 16. EQ: What does it mean to vary shot depth? How long is an average video shot? What is a fast cut”
- 17. • How “zoomed in” you are. How much space the subject takes up. • Three main depths • Wide • Medium • Close • Every other depth is a variety of those three. • Extreme Wide, Medium Close
- 18. • Wide enough to show off a building or landscape • Called Establishing Shot when it shows where scene takes place. • EXW
- 20. • Shows whole subject and environment • Focuses for viewer is on environment /background
- 21. • Half a person. • Allows for more focus on person while still showing environment
- 22. • Mid to Close
- 23. • Almost all the subjects face • Makes audience focus on persons expressioins • No focus on background
- 25. • Frame completely filled with subject • Dramatic/Artistic
- 27. • Pick a partner • You need each shot on the depth. • Extremely wide • Wide shot • Medium or Mid shot • Mid close up • Close up • Extreme close up • Detail • Partner says what shot you are taking while you film them.
- 28. • 2 1 • 3 4 5
- 29. Planning Sheet Must Have • Group Number /Class • Shot depth Planning • Jobs • Writer • Editor • Director • Camera • Storyboard video Video Requirements can be any short skit. Must include all six shot depths. Can be 1-2 mins Ideas, How to video. Weather report/’news scene. Science lesson
- 30. • Shot away from main shot • During Interview with racecar driver. Including shot of racetrack • MAIN SHOT CUTAWAY
- 31. • Shot away from the main action. • Football game shows a shot of the crowd
- 32. • ECU of scene. Detail of the main action • MAIN SHOT INSERT
- 33. • EWS – Outside of a building
- 35. • Use different angles to give viewer different impressions in a scene.
- 36. • Makes things looks larger more imposing. • Good for villains • Good for authority or heros • Citizen Kane Cut holes in floor to get lower. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReHAg29c-64
- 37. • Camera is at characters eye level • Creates Normalized feeling. Typical viewer perspective
- 38. • From a view of a taller person looking down. • Creates a sense of weakness • Children • Victims • Birds Eye is really high shot
- 42. • Camera is the viewpoint of a character • Pulls viewer into scene http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp5mLbSpKT8
- 43. • From the perspective of the object to the character. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JwbqHbRq24
- 44. • Angles • Low • Eye Level • High Shot • Birds Eye View • Overhead • Views • Front • ¾ • Profile • POV • REVERSE POV • Need Script • Need Storyboard • Needs Authority or Hero • Power and weakness. • Include all shots
- 47. • Camera moves in and out • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r988E_J14FM
- 48. • Camera moves side to side • Slider shot camera slides over a short distance side to side
- 49. • Camera TURNS left to right
- 50. • Camera Turns up and down
- 53. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xzTbFI9sg8 • Look for types of shots and think of how this might have been filmed
- 54. • Used to focus on one person • Good for reactions • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_0LNOfRub8
- 55. • Two People in a mid shot talking. • Equal emphasi
- 56. • One person talking in a shot • Talking head is when talk to camera
- 57. • Shows the reaction in an interview
- 58. • Two people talking • One shot x 2 • Two shot • OTS
- 59. • Need to film each shot of conversations or interview shots • Noddy Shot • Overhead Shot • Two Shot • Over the shoulder shot • Talking Head/one shot NEED STORYBOARD • Conversation • Movie Scene • Interview • ESPN • 1 day Film 1 day edit. Plot ideas News clip Interview Sports interview Documentary of something at school Interview actor Conversation from a movie scene
- 60. What are the various types of shot compositions?
- 61. • How you lay out things in the frame.
- 62. • Most common with amateur • Looks good with symmetry
- 63. • Setting subject on one of the imaginary gridlines created by splitting the frame into thirds.
- 64. • Putting objects around subjects to frame them • Shoot Through stuff
- 65. • Using visual lines either curved or strait to lead the eye towards the subject.
- 66. • Look for visual patterns and shapes for interesting backgrounds • Isolate the pattern. Get rid of distraction
- 67. • Having Strong Foreground (front) and background
- 70. • Giving subject space in front of where they are moving
- 71. • Needs a story • Framing • Rule of thirds • Depth • Leading lines
- 72. 1. Pan 2. Tilt 3. Dolly 4. Truck 5. Rule of thirds 6. Framing 7. Extreme angles 8. Layering 9. Leading lines 10. Cut in A. Surrounding the subject visually B. Taking a shot with the camera on the floor C. Moving the camera into the frame D. Turning camera side to side E. Putting one object close to the camera and one far away F. Putting the subject on the edge of the frame G. Turning camera up and down H. Using shapes and lines to point to subject I. A close up of a detail. J. Sliding the camera sideways
- 73. • Film riot • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQECL2IUstM
- 75. • Write Song lyrics • Record music
- 76. • Come up with idea for video to accompany song • Storyboard shots
- 77. • Record your singing on video…easy but harder to edit • Shoot with singing, but mute and add singing later using sound recorder • Record your own music or get something from ccmixter and record voice.
- 78. • Write lyrics first. Match music • Start with music add lyrics • Remake a song • Level3 shake, • everybody study everybody study • YMCA-CRCT gonna get a level three on the the C-R-C-T
- 79. • Contest • Due Friday. Maybe time Monday . • Lyrics must be about crct • Study tips • Motivation • Encouragement • 3 minutes or less • Steps Script and storyboard today. Film today tomorrow • Edit Friday-monday Commercial Jobs. Need sound person to look for and edit background music today.