This document discusses techniques for analyzing camera use in micro detail. It examines framing and movement. For framing, it discusses camera distance, angle, and point of view. It provides examples of different shot types defined by distance and angle. It also examines types of camera movement like panning, tilting, rolling, tracking, craning, and aerial shots. Key terms for both framing and movement are defined. Different shot types and their functions are also outlined.

1. Micro analysis
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Framing
Movement

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Camera’s distance from the subject
Camera angle in relation to the subject
Point of view

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Extreme long shot
Long shot
Medium Long Shot
Mid shot
Medium Close Up
Close up
Big Close up
Extreme close up

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High angle
Low angle
Wide Angle

8. HIGH ANGLE SHOT
• Taken from above,
sometimes used to
create a sense of
vulnerability.

9. LOW ANGLE SHOT
• Taken from below.
Often creates a
sense of power &
authority

10. WIDE ANGLE SHOT
A lens
which
allows the
audience
to see
more
peripheral
detail.

11. CANTED ANGLE
A shot which
is
deliberately
not straight
on the
tripod.
Creates a
sense of
distortion /
confusion.

12. POINT OF VIEW SHOT
• Camera shot as if through
the eyes of a protagonist,
this will give the audience
more information about
what the character knows
and share their experience,
(often we are being asked
to empathise with the
character).

13. What type of shot is it?
What elements of the image are being
emphasised?
What angles are being played upon in this
image?
Why do you think this image has been framed in
this way?
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What type of shot is it
Why it has been framed in this way
Remember you are describing
composition and effect.

20. KKeeyy TTeerrmmss ((FFrraammiinngg))
 Extreme long shot (ELS)
 Long shot (LS)
 Medium Long Shot (MLS)
 Mid shot (MS)
 Medium Close Up (MCU)
 Big Close Up (BCU)
 Close-up (CU)
 Extreme close-up (ECU)
 High angle
 Low angle
 Wide Angle
 Canted Angle
 Point of view

21. PANNING
• The camera stays
still and pivots left
to right in order to:
• Follow action
• Reveal a scene
• Bring new objects or
characters in

22. TILT
• The camera stays
still and pivots up
or down, to:
• Introduce a character
• Suggest scale

23. ROLL
• The camera
rolls/spins on the Z
axis:
• Highly disorientating
• Partial roll suggests
action

24. TRACKING or DOLLY SHOT
• Where the camera
operator moves
with (tracks) the
action.

25. CRANE SHOT
CRANE
• Using a crane or
similar to create
high angle shots.

26. AERIAL SHOT
• Using
helicopters or
planes to
provide an
extreme high
angle shot.

27. KKeeyy TTeerrmmss
((MMoovveemmeenntt))
Pan (Whip Pan)
Tilt
Roll
Dolly/Tracking Shot
Zoom
Crane
Steadicam / Handheld
(Aerial Shot) Flying-Cam

28. There are a number of different shots which
have specific functions within a film or TV
programme:
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29. ESTABLISHING SHOT
• A shot, often
outside, that
indicates where
action will take
place.
Establishing shot from Friends

30. MASTER SHOT
• A shot
that is
used at
the
beginning
or end of
‘sections’
.
Master Shot from The Weakest Link

31. FRAMING SHOT
• Using a piece of
set or scenery to
frame a shot.

32. TWO-SHOT
• When two people
are in the shot.
Two-shot, Easy Rider Two-shot, Lethal Weapon 3

33. Look at the following clip(s) and consider
how the camera is adding meaning to
events.
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