-
7/29/2019 Different Shots and How Are They Used Within Television
1/16
Different Shots and how are they
used within television?
By Sophie Boston
All shots are mine except the first
-
7/29/2019 Different Shots and How Are They Used Within Television
2/16
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
-
7/29/2019 Different Shots and How Are They Used Within Television
3/16
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.
sophie_boston
-
7/29/2019 Different Shots and How Are They Used Within Television
4/16
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.
sophie_boston
-
7/29/2019 Different Shots and How Are They Used Within Television
5/16
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.
sophie_boston
-
7/29/2019 Different Shots and How Are They Used Within Television
6/16
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
background.sophie_boston
-
7/29/2019 Different Shots and How Are They Used Within Television
7/16
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.
sophie_boston
-
7/29/2019 Different Shots and How Are They Used Within Television
8/16
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.
sophie_boston
-
7/29/2019 Different Shots and How Are They Used Within Television
9/16
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
-
7/29/2019 Different Shots and How Are They Used Within Television
10/16
9. Close up
sophie_boston
-
7/29/2019 Different Shots and How Are They Used Within Television
11/16
10. Close up, focusing on
objects facial expressions.
We can tell from hisshining eyes and wide grin
that he is happy.
sophie_boston
-
7/29/2019 Different Shots and How Are They Used Within Television
12/16
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.
sophie_boston
-
7/29/2019 Different Shots and How Are They Used Within Television
13/16
12. Close up
sophie_boston
-
7/29/2019 Different Shots and How Are They Used Within Television
14/16
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.
-
7/29/2019 Different Shots and How Are They Used Within Television
15/16
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.
sophie_boston
-
7/29/2019 Different Shots and How Are They Used Within Television
16/16
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.
sophie_boston