Camera techniques Flashcards
What is a long shot?
Shows the entire object or human figure.
What type of shot is used to include everything in the frame?
Long shot.
What is a long shot generally used as?
Scene-setting.
Shows exterior.
Shows scenes of thrilling action.
What is a close up?
Display the most detail.
Don’t include the broader scene.
Person/object takes up most the frame.
What is a medium shot?
Show’s characters upper-body, arms, head.
What shot is the most popular in movies/films?
Medium shot.
What type of angle is used to make a character look powerful?
Low angle shot.
What are Low angle shots?
Where camera points upwards from below.
Make people look bigger, powerful, important.
What are low angle shots good for filming?
People who are looking down, so you can see their face rather than the tops of their head.
What are high angle shots?
Shots from above.
Make people/object look weak and less powerful.
What can you use high angle shots for?
Overview of a scene as an establishing shot.
What is a birdseye shot?
Directly above.
What do birdseye shots do?
They give another way to show how things in the scene relate to each other.
What are wormseye shots?
Directly below.
Unusual.
Used if scene above is interesting.
What does a head-on frontal view do?
Engage with the subject,
Used where we see the person as if we-re looking through the eyes of another character.
We are less involved with a…
Three-quarter shot
A side view shot means…
We are watching them as an observer.
What does back view mean?
We are seeing them from the view of a watcher.
They are ignoring a character.
They are upset/vulnerable/hiding emotions.
When the camera moves along side a character, this is called what?
Pan.
Track.
Pans are used to…
Reveal information.
What is a slow pan?
Slow enough to allow audience to observe scenery/object.
What is a fast pan?
Creates a blur.
Camera shot is used to show peoples emotions and expressions, what is it?
Close up.
Camera angle used to make person look weak and vulnerable, what is it?
High angle shots.
When a camera moves behind or in front of a character its called?
Dolly.
What is an extreme close-up shot?
Show’s only part of a characters face.
Fills screen with detail of person/object.
What is a medium long shot?
Show’s character usually cut off across legs.
Able to see physical setting, where action is taking place.
Not close enough to see facial expression.
What is an extreme long shot?
Shows broad view of surroundings around the character.
