Download - Introduction to camera work
Start today and homeworkPresentations!
Pick 6 uses of camerawork (shots or movement) from the first 1 minute of a film of your choice.
You will explain why you believe these to be effective (linking to audience, character development etc).
Learning Objective:•To identify different types of
camera work.
•To justify WHY techniques are used and the creators intended
response.
Introduction to Film Language: Camerawork
The next 12 slides... You need to draw an example of the
camera work AND write the type.
You need to think about: - When you would see this being
used.- Why it is being used- what effect
would it create?
Camera ShotsExtreme Close-up (XCU)May frame only a part of a human face
(an eye or the mouth), or perhaps a hand or foot.
May also frame a close-up of a non-human (e.g. a door handle or candle)
Camera Shots
Close-up (CU)
This camera shot, sometimes called a “head
shot“,frames an object about the size of a human head usually not including
shoulders.
Camera Shots
Medium Close-up (MCU)
This camera shot indicates a space equivalent to a
person's head and their shoulders
Camera ShotsMedium Shot (MS)
This shot includes space which would
frame a person's head and torso. This shot can
also encompass two people standing next
(sometimes known as a 2 shot) to each other filmed from the waist
up.
Camera ShotsMedium Long Shot (MLS)
A Medium Long Shot can frame one or two people standing up, that is, their entire body.
Camera ShotsWide Shot (WS)
A Wide Shot will be able to take in an entire room or large group of people.
Camera ShotsExtreme Wide Shot (XWS)
An extremely wide shot might encompass a picture of an entire house
or, in fact, anything large.
Camera ShotsPoint-of-View Shot (POV)
A shot taken from a characters POV. You see what they see.
Camera MovementPan
This is when the camera stays static but pivots to show more. This could be a character walking into shot and then
out again.
Camera MovementCanted angle
This is when the camera is literally at an angle.
Camera MovementHigh Angle
This is when the camera is tilted down onto a character or object.
Camera MovementLow Angle
This is when the camera is tilted upwards to a character or object.
Filming scenarios1. A mother cradling her newborn baby
and the father who is on the way to meet them.
2. A couple getting married on their wedding day with those they love around them.
3. A driver about to race in Formula One and the woman he loves sitting in the audience.
4. A family sitting down for dinner and having a conversation.
5. A gunfight between a Sheriff and an Outlaw.
Start today and homeworkPresentations!
Pick 6 uses of camerawork (shots or movement) from the first 1 minute of a film of your choice.
You will explain why you believe these to be effective (linking to audience, character development etc).