Nadia Khatun

CAMERA SHOTS AND MICROELEMENTS

You would normally need a specific reason

to get this close.The reason why it is

too close is because it is to show general

reactions or emotion except in very

dramatic scenes.

EXTREME CLOSE UP

This tightly frames a person or ran object.Close-ups display the

most detail, but do not include the boarder

scene.Moving in to a close-up or away from a close-up is a common type of zooming. (A certain feature of part of the subject takes up

the whole frame)

CLOSE UP

The mid shot shows some part of the subject

in more detail (whilst still showing enough for the audience to feel as if they were looking at the

whole subject).If you were having a

casual conversation with someone this is how you

would see them. You wouldn't be paying any attention to their lower body, so that part of the picture is unnecessary.

MEDIUM SHOT / MID SHOT

This is where the subject is shown at a relatively small

scale.The shot is used like

this because it is intended to place

the subject in some relation to its surroundings.

This is also referred to a full shot or

wide shot.

LONG SHOT

An extreme long shot is when the camera is

at its furthest distance from the

subject.This shot is used to show a large amount of landscape around

the character/s.

EXTREME LONG SHOT

A tracking shot is very similar to a dolly shot; that

is, a shot in which the camera is mounted on a

cart which travels along

tracks.

TRACK

A pan is a horizontal

camera movement in

which the camera moves left and right

about a central axis.

This is a swivelling movement.

PAN

A tilt is when a camera moves vertically

pointing up or down from a stationary

location.For example, if you

mount a camera on your shoulder and nod it up

and down, you are tilting the camera.

TILT

Zooming is a shot that changes

smoothly from a close-up to a long shot or vice versa.

(A zoom is not technically a camera move as it does not require the camera

itself to move at all).

ZOOM

A Cut specifically refers to showing some part of the subject in detail.

It can be used purely as an edit point, or to emphasise emotion. For example, hand

movements can show enthusiasm, agitation,

nervousness, etc.

CUT

Pace is the rate of speed at which an activity or

movement proceeds at. In films, there would be fast or slow motion to add effect to the film.

For example the pace for the image on the right

would be in fast motion.

PACE

To perform in front of an audience,

more specifically in front of a camera.

It can be associated with

acting, dancing, or singing.

PERFORMANCE

This is a sound that is visually seen

happening in a film or on TV and is relevant

to the action.An example of this is:

A war film with people firing guns,

and some of the shot sounds can be seen

on screen, while others cant, but

remain relevant to the action.

DIEGETIC

This is a sound that cannot be seen on

screen, nor has any direct relevance.

An example of this is: A war film with the sound of a cymbal crashing shortly before someone

firing. The sound is not relevant to what is happening, nor is

implied to be happening on or off

screen.

NON DIEGETIC

This is the arrangement of actors and scenery actors on a stage for the

production.This includes the setting, costume, make-

up, framing, angles, colour, lighting, acting, expressions, etc.

MISE EN SCENE