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Shot Types
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Starter What does this shot type show and what is the effect?
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Camera shots and angles In this course it is very important that you learn to analyse how shots have been composed in film or print media.
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Media Language: Camera Shots Extreme Long Shot (ELS) Scene setting, establishing location and scale Establishing shot (ES)
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Media Language: Camera Shots Long Shot (LS) Establish where a scene is happening or whole body actions
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Media Language: Camera Shots Shows actions in a straight forward way Medium or Mid Shot (MS)
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Media Language: Camera Shots Involves audience in emotion or detail Close-Up (CU)
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Media Language: Camera Shots Shows high emotion or focus on detail Extreme Close- up (ECU)
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Media Language: Camera Shots High angle Can make people look less powerful
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Media Language: Camera Shots Low angle Can make people look more powerful
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Media Language: Camera Shots Straight angle Helps us identify with the character – neutral power
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Media Language: Camera Shots Dutch angle/oblique angle Makes us feel uneasy
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Media Language: Camera Shots Point of view Identifies us with the character/experience more intensely
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Media Language: Camera Shots Over-the-shoulder shot
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Media Language: Camera Shots Establishing shot Tells us where we are
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Not only is the shot an important tool in telling the film’s story, but the movement contributes a lot to our understanding too. Camera movement is used to: Follow the action Reveal information – moving plot forward Change the emotional mood of the scene (e.g. making someone appear more or less powerful, frightened etc.)
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Media Language: Camera Shots Zooming Camera is stationary but zooms in Draws us in, adds emphasis. Fairly cheesy if done badly.
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Media Language: Camera Shots Panning Camera is stationary. Follows the action, adds anticipation
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Media Language: Camera Shots Tilting – moving dutch angle/oblique Makes us feel uneasy
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Media Language: Camera Shots Tracking – camera moves with subject, hand held Builds anticipation, makes us feel like we are there.
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Media Language: Camera Shots Dolly in/out - Camera moves along a track towards or away from the subject Brings us closer to the action/emotion. Builds importance of subject or can pull back and reveal
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Media Language: Camera Shots Dolly – tracking Camera moves along a track alongside the subject. We follow the action, anticipation building.
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