camerawork lesson
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AS Media Studies
Unit G322: Key Media Concepts
1st Feb 2010
1. Identify at least 6 shot types and why they are used.
2. Recognise at least 3 types of camera movement used in TV dramas and explain the effect they have.
In looking at camera work the following areas need to be considered:
Shot typeAngleCompositionDepth of fieldPositionMovement
NB – Useful docs on Moodlehttp://moodle.reigate.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=20
Low angle
High angle
Tilted angle
(sometimes called
‘dutch’ or ‘canted’)
Birds eye view
Worms eye view
Eye level
Dead Man (Jarmusch, 1995)
A frame’s depth of field refers to the focal length.
Deep focus - where a frame shows everything sharp or in focus.
To get an idea of how this works put your finger in front of your face and concentrate on it. The finger will appear in focus and the background blurred. NowNow concentrate on the background, the human eye ‘pulls’ focus from the foreground to the background.
To get an idea of how this works put your finger in front of your face and concentrate on it. The finger will appear in focus and the background blurred. NowNow concentrate on the background, the human eye ‘pulls’ focus from the foreground to the background.
Selective focus - when a particular part of the frame is picked out and the rest of the frame is blurred or indistinct.
Pull or ‘rack’ focus - when the focal point changes within the frame.
The camera is the viewers eyes in a scene so the camera position also dictates the viewers relationship with the action or characters in the scene.
How do the following images make you feel?
In pairs complete the ‘Skins’ shot
types activity – find this on
Estream.
When you finish this, start to think
about the mise en scene and
editing choices in this sequence.
Pan
Tracking
Tilt
Crab
Crane
Handheld
Zoom lens
Watch the clips from Skins and The Bill
What effect does camerawork, in
particular camera movement, have?
http://estream.reigate.ac.uk/View.aspx?ID=820
Watch the clips from Skins and The Bill
What effect does camerawork, in
particular camera movement, have?
http://estream.reigate.ac.uk/View.aspx?ID=820