2. Introduction
• Instead of just researching the usual shots I
decided to do some research into creative
shots used in films to create certain meanings.
3. http://www.empireonline.com/features
/film-studies-101-camera-shots-styles
1 of the shots I particularly liked was the
Dutch tilt. A shot where the camera is
tilted on its side to create a kooky angle.
Often used to create
disorientation. This was well used in
the 60s version of bat man and many
other blockbuster films, typically scary
films to create that sense of
disorientation. Another shot that I liked
was the dolly zoom. A shot that sees the
camera track forward toward a subject
while simultaneously zooming out
creating a woozy, vertiginous effect. This
shot was used in a famous scene in the
movie Jaws.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB
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4. Another shot that I liked and found
very creative was the cowboy shot.
A shot framed from mid-thigh up,
so called because of its recurrent
use in Westerns. When it comes, it
gives the inclination that there will
be a shooting fight or that the one
person will get out the gun and pull
the trigger. Well used in the Clint
Eastwood movie ‘the good the bad
and the ugly’.
3:23 the good the bad and the ugly,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0BrdMi- Cowboy shot.
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5. Lastly another shot that I
was quite fond of was the
high angle shot. This shot
has been used many times
before. A shot looking
down on a character or
subject often isolating
them in the frame. One
film that used this shot
quite a lot was a horror
film called
The Purge. Film clip of a
high angle shot in The
Purge.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFP5COa-
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