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Page 1: Camera Shots & Angles By Kent Millard amended by Jesse Thompson Camera shots & angles

Camera Shots & AnglesBy Kent Millard amended by Jesse Thompson

Camera shots & angles

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Camera Shots & Anglesamended from Kent Millard by Jesse Thompson

6 Basic Camera Shots:

Known as an establishing shot, and is done at the beginning of a scene to provide the viewer with the context of the subsequent closer shots. Most times is an exterior shot that shows much of the locale such as architecture and local nature. Provides a spatial frame of reference for closer shots. Necessary to give the viewer a sene of location, time and space

Long shot sequence http://www.thoughtequity.com/video/shell/txp/establishing-shots-show- reel.do?title=Establishing%20Shots%20Show%20Reel

Extreme long shot:

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000

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Camera Shots & AnglesBy Kent Millard amended by Jesse Thompson

6 Basic Camera Shots:

Usually, long-shot ranges correspond approximately to the distance between the audience and the stage in live theater. Can also serve as an establishing shot. Gives a sense of context and scenery

Long shot:

Kill Bill (Vol.1) 2003

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Camera Shots & AnglesKent Millard

6 Basic Camera Shots:

A type of long shot that includes the human body in full, with the head near the top of the frame and the feet near the bottomUseful for establishing size relationships between characters/objects

Full shot:

Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!1965

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Camera Shots & AnglesKent Millard amended by Jesse Thompson

6 Basic Camera Shots:

A relatively close shot, revealing the human figure from the knees or waist up. A functional shot that is used for carrying movement and for dialogue. Variations include the two-shot, containing two-figures from the waist up; the three-shot, containing three-figures; and the over-the-shoulder shot containing two figures, one with part of his or her back to the camera while the other faces the camera.

Medium shot:

Bridget Jones’s Diary 2001

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Camera Shots & AnglesKent Millard amended by Jesse Thompson

6 Basic Camera Shots:

A detailed view of a person or object. A close-up of an actor usually includes only his or her head. Shows very little if any locale and concentrates on a relatively small object - the human face, for example. Because it magnifies the size of an object, the close-up tends to elevate the importance of things, often suggesting a symbolic significance.

Close-up:

The Incredibles 2004

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Camera Shots & AnglesKent Millard amended by Jesse Thompson

6 Basic Camera Shots:

A variation of the close-up shot. A minutely detailed view of an object or person. Instead of a face, the extreme close-up might show only a person’s eyes or mouth.

Extreme close-up:

Psycho 1960

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Camera Shots & AnglesKent Millard amended by Jesse Thompson

5 Basic Camera Angles:

A shot in which the camera photographs a scene from directly overhead. Since we seldom see things from this angle, filmmakers tend to avoid it because it can be disorienting. This angle can be highly expressive: It permits us to hover above a scene. Reducing the importance of figures and objects like cars and houses making them seem antlike and insignificant.

Bird’s-eye view:

Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance 1983

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Camera Shots & AnglesKent Millard

5 Basic Camera Angles:

A shot in which the subject is photographed from above. Not as extreme and disorienting as a bird’s-eye view. Viewers get a general overview of an area. Reduces the height of objects and usually includes the ground or floor as background. Movement (in a film) is slowed down. The importance of setting or environment is increased A person seems harmless and insignificant when shot from above

High-angle shot:

North by Northwest 1959

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Camera Shots & AnglesKent Millard amended by Jesse Thompson

5 Basic Camera Angles: Eye-level shot:

The House that Dripped Blood 1970

The camera is placed approximately five to six feet from the ground, corresponding to the height of an observer on the scene. Used by filmmakers who believe that angles are too manipulative. Can give a more theatrical staged feeling Eye-level shots permit the audience make up our own minds about what kind of people are being presented.

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Camera Shots & AnglesKent Millard

5 Basic Camera Angles:

A shot in which the subject is drawn or photographed from below. Increases height and suggests the superiority of the subject and the inferiority of the viewer who is made to feel insecure and dominated. Environment is usually minimized and often the sky or a ceiling is the only background

Low-angle shot:

City of God 2002

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Camera Shots & AnglesKent Millard amended by Jesse Thompson

5 Basic Camera Angles:

Drawn as if the shot was photographed by a tilted camera. People look like they’re about to fall to one side.Psychologically, oblique shots suggest tension, transition and impending movement.

Oblique angle:

Shallow Grave 1994