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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).
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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
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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?
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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)
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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.
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Camera Shots
Medium Close-up (MCU)
This camera shot indicates a space equivalent to a
person's head and their shoulders
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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.
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Camera ShotsMedium Long Shot (MLS)
A Medium Long Shot can frame one or two people standing up, that is, their entire body.
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Camera ShotsWide Shot (WS)
A Wide Shot will be able to take in an entire room or large group of people.
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Camera ShotsExtreme Wide Shot (XWS)
An extremely wide shot might encompass a picture of an entire house
or, in fact, anything large.
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Camera ShotsPoint-of-View Shot (POV)
A shot taken from a characters POV. You see what they see.
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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.
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Camera MovementCanted angle
This is when the camera is literally at an angle.
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Camera MovementHigh Angle
This is when the camera is tilted down onto a character or object.
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Camera MovementLow Angle
This is when the camera is tilted upwards to a character or object.
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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.
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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).
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