Cinematography- Other Types Of Shots

Question 1

Point Of View

Answer 1

• A shot taken with the camera placed approximately where the characters eyes would be, showing up what the character would see
• Horror films / thrillers often use POV shots to suggest an unseen presence in the scene

Question 2

Depth of field

Answer 2

• Refers to the extent to which the space represented is in focus
• In shallow focus- is very narrow zone of depth is in focus at any one time and everything closer and further from the camera is out of focus
• In deep focus- all distance planes remain clearly in focus, from close up range to infinity

Question 3

Who first pioneered Depth Of Field and in what film?

Answer 3

• Orson Welles

* Citizen Kane (1941)

Question 4

The Two-Shot

Answer 4

•Two people in the shot

Question 5

Over The Shoulder Shot

Answer 5

• OSS

* Gives the impression we are looking over someone’s shoulder

Question 6

Rack/Pull Focus

Answer 6

•Where an out of focus image is pulled either into or out of focus