shot angles and types
- 1. Media shot angles and types -Establishing Shot- tells the audience when and where we are (it’s usually an exterior shot so you can see weather and time of day). Quite often the establishing shit is also a wide angle shotso the audience can see more about the setting at once. -Long Shot- a long shot is where you can see the entire of the person in shots body and it can show multiple things such as more detail the surrounding setting to the actors costume and things we wouldn’t otherwisesee in a mid-shot. These are quite often wiseshots as well as it give the audience more info about what’s going on. -Mid-shot- also called a ‘medium shot’ shows only the middle to upper portion of the actors body and it is used to show more closely the details on someone’s face and smaller details like emotions. -Close-up- this shotshows very little background and mainly focuses on the main focal point of the shotwhether that be an object that
- 2. -Extreme close-up- this shotshow a very intensely close shootof an object or of a person’s faceusually is used to show emotion or importance and it makes the audience feel uncomfortable. -Point of view shot- this is a shotused to make the audience feel as if they are in the situation or position of the actor and it’s done by placing the camera so it looks as if you are seeing through their eyes. -Over the shoulder shot- a shot that’s often used in conversations or scenes with two people in to make the audience feel as if they werereally there. -low angle shot- as the title say the shot is from a low angle and shows the person or object in the frameis high in status or powerful. -Highangle shot- again self-explanatory but it’s a shottaken from a high angle looking down on the main focus of the shotto show that it is weak or vulnerable.
- 3. -Bird’s eye view shot- this is a shottaken froma crane or possibly a helicopter/drone if it’s really high up and it looks directly down or out and across a landscapeto show the setting or to give the audience a broader view of where the shotis taking place. -Crane Shot- shot taken fromhigh up and usually used for action scenes as the crane can more in big arcing movements so it can move very freely and change levels easily too to follow the focus of the shot. -Two shot- when two people are in a shot together. This is used to determine the relationship between the people as if they’restanding right next to each other it suggests they are close/working together or possibly romantically involved. If they’restanding face on but distinctly separated then it shows they aren’tfond of each other. -The 180 degree rule- this is a rule used when filming a conversation mostoften and it basically states that when filming the two people you need to pick one side of them to film on (e.g. always p1’s left and p2’s right) otherwiseit will confusethe audience as to wherethe conversation is taking place. -Shot, reverse, shot- also filmed during a conversation, this is when the shots cut fromp1 saying something, p2 saying something, then back to p1 saying so its kind of like
- 4. conversation tennis and cuts between the two people dependent on the flow of the dialogue. -Pans and tilts- this is where the camera is stationary on a tripod so only the head of the camera moves. If it’s a pan the tripod head swivels left to rightso horizontally often used to show more of the scenery or to track action. If the tripod head moves vertically up or down the it’s a tilt. -Dolly shots- the camera is placed on a moving dolly (somekind of moving vehicle, it can vary froma chair on wheels to a motorbike) and then physically moves to follow the action. -Tracking shots- a physicaltrack is laid down in the path of where you want the camera to move to and the camera is attached to a cart with wheels so it can be smoothly rolled around the track in one continuous shot. -Handheldshots- these are pretty self explanatory but its basically a shot that is moving in someway that is being physically moved by hand so no track or dolly meaning its slightly less stable and smooth.