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- 2. Camera Shot • ExtremeLong Shot (ELS) • Also known as an establishing shot. Often used at the beginning of a sequence to ‘establish’ the setting in which the scene takes place.
- 3. Extreme Long Shotfrom Mission Impossible 2
- 4. Camera Shot • LongShot (LS) • A shot that portrays the scene in a realistic perspective. It can also be defined as a Full Shot, a shot that contains a person from head to toe. This can be used to draw the audience into a scene after an establishing shot.
- 5. Long Shot fromThe Good, The Bad and The Ugly
- 6. Long Shot /Full shot from Burke and Hare
- 7. Camera Shot • MidShot (MS) • A shot depicting a person from the waist up. Can be used for dialogue • 2 shot • A MS containing 2 people. Used for travelling scenes and dialogue. • 3 shot • A MS containing 3 people. Used for travelling scenes and dialogue.
- 8. Mid Shot fromKill Bill
- 9. 2 Shot fromX- Men: First Class
- 10. 3 Shot fromHarry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
- 11. Camera Shot • CloseUp (CU) • A shot depicting a person from the shoulders/neck up or depicting a specific item or prop in the scene. Used to draw the audience’s attention to a specific person or item. Can be used for dialogue
- 12. Close Up fromUnited 93
- 13. Camera Shot • ExtremeClose Up (ECU) • A detailed shot either displaying a person’s facial feature (i.e. the eye.) or an important object. Used for dramatic effect to display emotions or to draw the audience’s attention
- 14. Extreme Close Upfrom The Lord of The Rings
- 15. Extreme Close Upfrom The Lord of The Rings
- 16. Camera Angle • Bird’sEye View • A high angled shot normally directly overhead the character. Combined with an ELS it can be used to establish a scene.
- 17. Birds Eye Viewshot from Kill Bill
- 18. Camera Angle • HighAngle • Shot by the camera pointing down at the character. Can be used to diminish a character and make them seem smaller.
- 19. High Angle shotfrom North by Northwest
- 20. Camera Angle • EyeLevel • Most commonly used angle. Used to depict dialogue and in most other scenes. This gives a naturalistic effect to the scene.
- 21. Eye Level shotfrom Kill Bill
- 22. Camera Angle • LowAngle • Shot by the camera pointing up at the character. Can be used to add height to buildings, but can also make characters seem taller and more threatening.
- 23. Low Angle shotfrom Inglorious Basterds
- 24. Camera Angle • DutchAngles • The camera is tipped and not level with the floor. This gives a sense of unease to the scene. This angle is more commonly used in the Horror or suspense genre.
- 25. Dutch Angle fromThe Third Man
- 26. Camera Movement • Pan •Horizontal camera movement across a scene • Tilt • Vertical camera movement across a scene.
- 27. Camera Movement • Tracking(Dolly Shots) • Camera moves alongside the action. These can be aerial (achieved by a crane), in a car, or more conventionally on a dolly. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQv 8OavpALQ
- 28. Camera Movement • AerialShot • Usually an ELS shot from an aeroplane or a helicopter. Used to give a sense of grandeur and exhilaration • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s5K FbyBmrQ (2.13)
- 29. Camera Movement • Zoom •Used to focus on an object within a scene without editing. Can be achieved by a zoom lens or by physically moving the camera closer to the object • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OC rkaMaBbY
- 30. Storyboards • Storyboards areused by most film directors as a means to visualise the shots in a film sequence before they shoot them. • The Cohen Brothers use story boards extensively during their filming allowing them to carefully plan each of their shots.