different shots and how are they used within television

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Different Shots and how are they

used within television?

By Sophie Boston

All shots are mine except the first


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1. Wide angle shot/establishing shot

This shot means that the viewers can get all of the action thats going on, they can see

everything.

Photo by Connor Evans of the field


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2. This is a aerial/long shot of

my stairs in my house. This

aerial means the viewers can

only see what is in this part of

the frame, and that helps add

tension as well suggesting

body language. Long shots

can also be used very well tocreate illusions.

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3. Close up/long shot

close ups are great if youwant to get a close view of

something or someones

expression. They can help

create all kinds ofemotions and

atmospheres, especially as

shown in this shot, if they

are in monotone setting,as often that connotes

imagery of sadness, death

and misery.

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4. Wide angle shots-

brilliant for getting in most

of the action. The audiencecan see what is mostly going

on, as well as being able to

see the mis-en-scene.

Photo taken in Italy,

Sorrento.

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5. This is another wide

angle/mid shot, as it shows

you mainly the Italian cliff

side with the hotel but also

part of the sea. Shots like

this are very useful if you

do not want your audience

to see the full picture, they

can use their imagination

and the photographer can

hide things. Midshots areused on purpose to make

sure that the audience only

focus on one thing.

Photo: Italy, Sorrento, withMount Vesuvius in the

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6. This is one of my

aerial shots that I took

from the plane coming

home lookingdownward into the

clouds below. I have

since edited it slightly.

Aerial shots lookingdownward are great if

like in Monarch of the

Glen, they are being

used to represent

position.

Photo: Flying home

from Italy.

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7. This is one of my

favourite close ups that I

took at Christmas. Close ups

are brilliant as said

previously for facial

expressions but also if thephotographer wants the

audience to be focusing on

an object that is maybe

symbolic that may feature

prominently within the

moving image.

Photo: Candle taken onChristmas Day.

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8. Another wide angle shot, can also be used to show

the landscape and scenery as well as focusing on

characters.

Photo: Taken from my garden at dusk.sophie_boston


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9. Close up

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10. Close up, focusing on

objects facial expressions.

We can tell from hisshining eyes and wide grin

that he is happy.

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11. Close up edited from a wide angle shot. We can

use soft focus and different lenses and filters to

create the effect we want and to get what we want

to be the focus right.

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12. Close up

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13. Long angle shot, largely used

for portraying a characters

facial expressions but moreimportantly their body

expressions. Close ups = facial

expressions, long angle = body

language. Long angle shots arealso great if you just want to

display one character, their

height, and what theyre

wearing.

Photo: Glass stained window

from the church of Turville

village.


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14. Another

wide angle

shot, done with

some editing ofmaking the

feathers of the

peacock sepia

toned while I

kept the body

of the bird the

brilliant

symbolic blue.

Colour

contrasting is

another great

way to imply

distinction orapply focus to

a particular

object.

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15. Lastly, I took this wide angle

/establishing shot whilst in Brighton

just as the sun was going down.

Lighting is also a great way to incodemeaning into televsion e.g. Lots of

light goodness, purity, hardly any

light evil, darkness.

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