camera work to comment on camera work, you need to: 1.describe the shot, using the right terms,...

Camera Work

To comment on camera work, you need to:

1. Describe the shot, using the right terms,

2. Explain how it tells a story.

Camera Framing

When you are looking at a shot, consider:

What you see in the shot; How far the camera is from the subject; The angle the shot is taken at.

Main Camera Shots Close up Extreme close up Two shot Medium shot

Main Camera Shots Long Shot Point of View Shot (comes after a shot

of someone looking at something)

Once Upon a Time in the West (Leone 1960)

Main Camera Shots

High angle shot Aerial shot Low angle shot

Ghandi (Attenburgh 1982)

A Fistful of Dollars (Leone 1964)

Camera shot conventions

Close-ups show emotion, or focus attention on a certain action or object.

Long shots establish setting.

Daisy Doodad’s Dial (1914)

Camera Movement

Pan - camera moves from side to side from a fixed axis.

Tilt - camera moves up and down from a fixed axis

Crane - camera mounted on a crane, moves at a distance above ground level

Track - camera follows action, moving along tracks laid for the purpose, often pulling back from the scene.

Camera Movement cont.

Hand held camera - results in shaky footage.

Steadicam - camera strapped to camera operator, allowing movement through 360˚

Shot 1 a. Describe the shot.

b. What genre is the film?

c. Who are the characters?

d. What might happen to them?

e. How do you respond?

Shot 2 a. Describe the shot.

b. What genre is the film?

c. Who is the character?

d. What might happen to her?

e. How do you respond?

Shot 3 a. Describe the shot.

b. What genre is the film?

c. Who is the character?

d. What might happen to him?

e. How do you respond?

Shot 4a. Describe the

shot.

b. What genre is the film?

c. Who is the character?

d. What might happen to him?

e. How do you respond?

Shot 5 a. Describe the shot.

b. What genre is the film?

c. Who is the character?

d. What is happening to her?

e. How do you respond?