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.
