Download - 2. camera shots
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