FILM LANGUAGE Film language describes the way film ‘speaks’ to the audience and spectators. Producers, directors and editors work together to create meaning from the moving images of film, video and television.

Tracking shotA tracking shot is when a camera follows a person or an object physically moving with the subject.

This shot clearly introduced the genre of the shot it being adventure as our main character Elisa is being seen running through the school gate in fear. This shot also created suspense as we can not clearly see who she is being chased by however we are shown the main location it is happening at which is a school.

The effect of this shot is that the camera keeps the subject within the frame. Directors use this in films in order to keep a constant movement with either the character which also makes us feel involved in what the character is living at the exact moment.

Leading shot A leading shot is a continuality, it is a short clip combined with several other clips to make a flowing shot of the character in action.

We used this shot to show the subject running up the stairs in a close up shot of her shoes. This showed us the danger she is experiencing through her fast pace in movement.

This shot also shows us the costume of the female protagonist which also indicates her age being that of 15-17 year old girl.

Tilt shot Tilting is a cinematographic technique in which the camera stays in a fixed position but rotates up/down in a vertical plane. Tilting the camera results in a motion similar to someone turning her neck to look up or down it is distinguished from panning in which the camera is pivoted left or right.

This shot introduces the whole costume of our main character as well as any props she is holding e.g. a phone. Lastly her body language is also shown in the shot which clearly shows her distress as she is seen to be extremely aware of her surroundings as she aske’s for help while on the phone.

Lastly it is en effective shot because she slightly glances at the camera demonstrating a brief call for help however as we are the audience it creates a sense of uncertainty as well as it intriguing us.

Over the shoulder

The back of the shoulder and head of this person is used to frame the image of whatever (or whomever) the camera is pointing towards. This type of shot is very common when two characters are having a discussion and will usually follow an establishing shot which helps the audience place the character in their settings.

In this case we used this shot to show the weakness of one of the subjects as she came running from a low angle. The lighting in this scene is extremely bright and clear demonstrating that she is now safe however not all the danger has disappeared and we demonstrated this from her body language for example her looking around and not maintaining eye contact.

Two shot Lastly for one of our last shots we filmed a clear two shot of our characters on a bench we also slightly used zoom to engage the audience through out this short clip. This two shot clearly shows us not only the body language but the subjects facial expressions too.This is an effective shot as it easy for the audience to comprehend their location etc.

This shot created meaning as we can see that they are wearing lanyards as well as being surrounded by a bricked enclosure which demonstrated that they are secured as well as they attend this school the short clips are based at.

Evaluation

• Overall, the task for this blog post was to discuss how meaning was created using media shots. This was a very successful task for my group as we had a clear idea and genre we were trying to capture in our shots those being of a thriller, adventure style film.

• We had a couple of difficulties using the camera and the tripod however by the end we had learned most of the basics and were able to carry on with the task with no problems.

• Lastly I would like to develop my editing skills and learn to use developed software which can benefit my blog in the future.