Film

 Friday 29th September 2023

Light, Camera, Action!

L/O: To understand and practice using the principles of film making.

Shot type:

establishing shot- to introduce the place.

wide shot- about the character  and their environment relationships.

Full/long shot- subject in the centre

mid long shot- confident or weapons drawn

mid shot- digs in to the characters eyes and neutral 

mid close up- shots intimate with the subject

close up- change in emotions or dramatic scene

extreme close up- highlight or isolate something crucial to the narrative. Most dramatic.

Framing:

single- one character alone in a frame, 

-clean single- no one around isolation

-dirty single- limits/focuses just the one character even with others around. To show their relationships

Two shot- when two characters are together visual relationships.

Three shot- three people in a frame 

Four shots- four people in a frame

five shots- five people in a frame

crowd shots- a lot of people

Over the shoulder shot- conversations to get perspective from both sides. 

point of view - to get the pov of anything and feel 

theatre shot- a lot of details

insert shots- shots that highlights details 

Camera angle:

low angle- looking up at the subject. Powerful subtle/ supreme. 

High angle- looking down at the subject. Weak/vulnerable. Narrative

Birds eye/ over head - 90* over the characters head. To capture complex movement crime zone/ fight scenes

Dutch angle- tilts the camera to show emotions magnify tension to intensify emotions/ actions

eye level shot-  monologue, intimate connection, breaking forth wall

shoulder level- subtle low angle, conversations, slightly power level.

Hip level- cowboy, weapons drawn, tension 

Knee level shots- environment, following a character.

Ground level shot- tracts a character and environmental haunting and tention.

Camera movement:

static- no movement  dialogue, actors performance to show, helplessness 

Pan- rotates horizontally left and right, reveal info follows the charcter actions

whip pan- fast pan relate relationships build energy

Tilt- up/ down to give a character power or weakness, reveal info (people/ place/ scale)

Push in- moves the camera towards the subject emphasise the moment or thought process. slow push in creates tension

Pull out- de-emphasizes the subject, context of the scene/setting/ characters. Detach us from a scene/film. Negative emotions isolations/ vulnerable and empathise with the

Zoom- slowness creates tension 

-in- focuses on that subject

-out- context around the subject

Crash zoom- Dramatic, very quick zoom cometic effect, comedy, 

Dolly zoom- Dramatic zoom while moving the camera

-move forward zoom out- background big, foreground the same 

-move backwards zooming in- foreground big, keeps your attention to the subject

Camera roll- rotates the camera upside down to right way up conflict, dramatic shifts in narrative

Tracking shot- follows the subject, keeps the audience hooked, where are we going whats going to happen. Draws attention to the little details/ tension.

Trucking-  when we are on their side but following them. Story book fashion, we see the.

Arc- orbits the subject while they are still.