Lesson 03: Camera Shots

Lesson 03: Camera Shots

Recap of "Camera Shots"

20/09/12
MWE



                                                           Camera Shots

Throughout the years media evolved, many different camera techniques have been invented and graced upon our favourite tv series or films. Each one of them owning their own set of purpose, these are the top 10 basic camera shots which are often found in many shows. 

1.            Shot reverse shot - A film technique where one character is shown looking at another character (often off-screen), and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character.

2.            Over the shoulder -  A angle where it taken over the shoulder of another person

3.            Extreme close up – A shot taken which zooms precisely to a subject, which exposes great amount of detail.

4.            Close up – A shot taken at a short range.

5.            Medium shot – A shot from a standard distance (Often shows the object from the waist above).

6.            Long Shot – Shows an entire human body.

7.            Extreme long shot – A shot taken of its key subject at a great distance from the camera.

8.            Two shot – A movie or television shot of two people together.

9.            Point of view shot – A shot showing the individuals perspective.

10.          Overhead shot – A bird’s eye shot taken directly above the action, often used to show sceneries.

Here are a few examples of shots I have found over the internet:

Over the shoulder shot

Close up shot

Two shot


This link explains more about frames in filmmaking:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=K6N2SpA2XPI

The following images will show examples of still shots I have found as I watched an spisode of the TV show "Glee".

Medium Shot- Presented in this screenshot is a character in a middle of a room, provided that there's a piano behind him and he's stood by a music stand, it suggests that he's in a music room. In addition to that there's a book shelf behind him which suggests further that he's in a learning enviroment. Taking in the charaters appearance, he's dressed quite smart which implies that he may be a teacher.

Shot Reverse Shot- This is actually edtited seeing that it is actually two shot placed in sequence to one another.

 

 Two Shot- Judging the distance from the camera and the characters, it's close enough that we can see their faces. The emotions which graced upon their face seems to be quite surprised. This shot is good at letting the audience know the characters feelings towards a subject.

 

Medium Shot- The centre focus of the camera here is on the guitar. Having said that, it might be perhaps that the camera is trying to show that there's something special with the object, hence why it is paid much attention.

Close up

 

                                                                                    Long Shot

 

Group Shot

 

Extreme Long Shot