Create and capture a story using different shots

1. Varvara Kuzicheva,
Aysenur Guney
AS Media Studies
Preliminary Task 1
Photo Story Assignment

2. Photo story
"The Meeting"
A meeting with a friend that went wrong and turned into a rescue
mission.

3. Medium Shot (MS) Over-shoulder Shot (OS)
Extreme Close-Up (ECU) Extreme long shot (ELS)

4. Close-up (CU) Extreme Long Shot (ELS)
Long Shot (LS) Medium Long Shot (MLS)

5. Medium Long Shot (MLS) Extreme Close-Up (ECU)
Long medium Shot (LMS) Close-Up (CU)

6. In "Photo story" assignment we had to represent a short story using different and contrasting shot
definitions. Variety of shots will help to uncover the plot of the story.
The main purpose of this task was to get to know and practice work with basic camera framing
and shot types. During the task we also had to learn about storyboard and narrative structure.
These basic skills will be useful in the following video continuity task and also throughout the
whole course of AS Media Studies.
Medium Close-Up
(MCU)