Camera Shot Exercise: In this lesson we investigated the different types of camera shots that are used in filming and we also analysed the effects of using these shots and how it can change the atmosphere and the audiences interpretation of the specific film.
Types of camera shots -
Long Shot: This is a shot from further away which gives you a view of more width on the set.
Medium Shot: This shot allows a casual view that is not to close and not to far, it allows you to see everything that you need to see.
Close up and Extreme Close up: This shot is extremely focusing on something, in most cases this shot is used to drop major hints. For example, it may focus on a certain object, person or a facial expression. Which instantly creates suspense as doing this would create an atmosphere.
Point of view shot: This type of shot is when the camera acts as a person, and moves how the suspected person would move. Its giving a sense to the audience from the characters point of view.
Low angle shot: This shot is where you film with the camera from a lower angle, so it is looking up to the character, the common effect of this camera shot is to make people look superior so they are ironically above everyone else. It shows that the specific character has power over a lot of people.
High angle shot- This shot is taken with the camera from a higher angle, as if it was looking down at someone. Unlike the low angle, the high angle commonly presents how inferior someone is: how shy, weak and powerless someone is.
Camera Movements -
Pan Shot: This type of camera shot is where the camera follows a moving object going round, (rounded like a pan is round) either left to right or vice versa.
Tilt shot: This shot is where you tilt the camera to an angle, this shot is very ironic because the tilt of the camera could represent a tilt/change of the plot or atmosphere.It gives the audience different perspectives of what is going on.
Crane Shot: This shot is where you film from high up/above, like a birds eye view looking down on a character.
Rolling Shot:
Steadicam:
We then come together as groups and created a short film experimenting and presenting these types of camera shots. Me, Saana, Billy and Rebecca made a short film called 'The Protector'
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Wednesday, 18 December 2013
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Genre and Narrative
Genre and Narrative
Genre - The word 'Genre' means a type of film, there are many different film genres in the film industry, a few examples for types of films are: horror, thriller, action, comedy, romance, musical, animation, sci-fi and western. There are two parts to a genre, Macro elements which are the bigger parts of the film and micro elements are the smaller parts of the film. There are many different aspects of a film that makes up the genre, here are a few examples.
Action - An action film is likely to include: A bad guy and a good guy which sums up the storyline, because a majority of the time the good guy is trying to catch the bad guy, or maybe a bad guy is trying to set up a good guy. Many action films include fights, which include physical fights and sources of guns, and to expand on that many action films include explosions. Explosions may be used to capture the bad guy or vice versa, or the bad guy may be blowing up buildings to cause a scene and portray that he is the bad character, which also gives the good guy a hint on what the bad guys plot is and where he may be placed. Also, a lot of the time in action films they have various amounts of transport either blacked out cars, very secure cars, fast/sports cars, helicopters, planes and maybe even scenes where the good guy is chasing the bad guy on the train and vice versa.
Thriller - A thriller is likely to include: A bad guy / killer, more likely to be a cereal killer who goes around killing people, the bad guy character is likely to be a very sneaky but smart character that always knows his plot. Thrillers could be very gory films, which may include props like knifes, guns etc.
Narrative - The word narrative means the story. Which is a sequence of various events, which is regularly classed as the plot.
Narrative Structure - The way the sequence of events are released to the audience. There are two types of forms for the narrative which are linear and non-linear.
Linear - The sequence of the various events are presented in the order that they occurred in from beginning, middle to the end. The linear form is the most commonly used form for the narrative structure.
Non Linear - The sequence of the various events are presented in a different order to what they are supposed to be. For example they can show hints of the end at the start, which makes the audience weary of what is happening, and reassures them that the film is going to be interesting which will give them suspense so they will want to watch and investigate the rest of the film as they are intrigued to find out the plot.
Genre - The word 'Genre' means a type of film, there are many different film genres in the film industry, a few examples for types of films are: horror, thriller, action, comedy, romance, musical, animation, sci-fi and western. There are two parts to a genre, Macro elements which are the bigger parts of the film and micro elements are the smaller parts of the film. There are many different aspects of a film that makes up the genre, here are a few examples.
Action - An action film is likely to include: A bad guy and a good guy which sums up the storyline, because a majority of the time the good guy is trying to catch the bad guy, or maybe a bad guy is trying to set up a good guy. Many action films include fights, which include physical fights and sources of guns, and to expand on that many action films include explosions. Explosions may be used to capture the bad guy or vice versa, or the bad guy may be blowing up buildings to cause a scene and portray that he is the bad character, which also gives the good guy a hint on what the bad guys plot is and where he may be placed. Also, a lot of the time in action films they have various amounts of transport either blacked out cars, very secure cars, fast/sports cars, helicopters, planes and maybe even scenes where the good guy is chasing the bad guy on the train and vice versa.
Thriller - A thriller is likely to include: A bad guy / killer, more likely to be a cereal killer who goes around killing people, the bad guy character is likely to be a very sneaky but smart character that always knows his plot. Thrillers could be very gory films, which may include props like knifes, guns etc.
Narrative - The word narrative means the story. Which is a sequence of various events, which is regularly classed as the plot.
Narrative Structure - The way the sequence of events are released to the audience. There are two types of forms for the narrative which are linear and non-linear.
Linear - The sequence of the various events are presented in the order that they occurred in from beginning, middle to the end. The linear form is the most commonly used form for the narrative structure.
Non Linear - The sequence of the various events are presented in a different order to what they are supposed to be. For example they can show hints of the end at the start, which makes the audience weary of what is happening, and reassures them that the film is going to be interesting which will give them suspense so they will want to watch and investigate the rest of the film as they are intrigued to find out the plot.
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