Lecture 6-2 camera angles
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The document discusses different types of basic camera shots and angles used to tell visual stories, including: - Extreme close-up (ECU), close-up (CU), medium shot (MS), long shot (LS), and establishing shot (ES) - Birdseye, wormseye, first person, and over the shoulder shots - How camera angles can set the mood by shooting up at or down on a subject - Oblique angles that seem unsettling, and reaction shots that show a subject's response - The rule of thirds for composition, avoiding centering the subject.
Lecture 6-2 camera angles
- 1. Camera Angles and Moves Telling the story with your shots
- 2. Basic Camera Shots KEY VOCAB body part ECU - Extreme close up (one WORDS IN like an eye or close object) BOLD CU - Close up ( face shot or very close) MS - Medium Shot (head and shoulders and part of torso) LS - Long Shot (full body shot) ES - Establishing shot (sets up the location of the scene or story) TS - Two Shot - A shot with two people in it
- 3. Basic Camera Shots Birdseye - Show from way up above Wormseye - Shot up at someone from a very low angle 1st Person - From the talent’s perspective Over the Shoulder - Shot from behind over their shoulder
- 5. LONG SHOT, ESTABLISHING SHOT, TWO SHOT
- 6. Camera angles set the mood Shot up at someone - they look powerful Shot down at someone - they look weak
- 8. Camera angles set up the story Oblique - at an odd angle that is upsetting to the viewer. Usually slightly tilted with lines (floor, tile, walls) that are at odd angle. Reaction shot - A shot that shows subject’s facial expression during or after something dramatic happens.
- 9. ` Rule of thirds - You divide your shot with imaginary tic-tac-toe grid. Line up major things like eyes on where the lines cross. Avoid putting major star right in middle. This gives lead room to talk into to move into
- 10. PROJECT CAMERA ANGLE PRESENTATION ASSIGNMENT ON NEXT SLIDE PROGRAM KEYNOT E CLIENT YOU AND CHOSEN PARTNER
- 11. 3 Step 2 - you and your partner take a shot of each of the 14 camera shots listed in bold from the lecture. You may take pictures in the classroom or the parking lot area right outside the room. YOU MUST HAVE A WRITTEN CHECKLIST OF SHOTS BEFORE YOU MAY GO SHOOT! Your Assignment Step 3 - Put them in a Keynote and label them - each one of the group members need to do their own Keynote! Step 4 - Use the Inspector in Keynote (blue i) to add transitions and effects Step 5 - Add transitions to every slide. Then save and turn in to server