Shots and Camera Movement
Types of shot and camera movement:
High Angle - The camera is looking down on the subject, making them look weaker
Extreme Close-Up - This type of shot can foreshadow a later event in the plot, it picks out a feature on a person, object or place.
Eye Level Shot - This is seen as neutral, placing the audience at along a horizontal plain making them feel like they're the camera.
Establishing Shot - A medium to long shot that shows the setting of the following scene.
Dolly/Tacking Shot - The camera tracks the action whilst attached to a track or vehicle. This allows the audience to keep up with the action.
Pan - A shot that moves from side to side. Often used to reveal something of the set, or to look at two people in conversation, it mimics the movement of the head.
Long Shot - A shot from a long distance. Can emphasise the isolation of a place or character.
Boom/Crane Shot - The camera is attached to a boom or a crane. Is similar to a long shot but higher up, and can track the action too.
Medium Shot - The camera is at a medium distance. This creates a neutral feeling similar to the Eye Level Shot.
Two Shot - This is a shot of two people that take up an equal amount of the shot. Used during an interaction between two people.
Tilt Shot - Similar to a pan shot but instead of side to side it moves up and down. This mimics the movement of the head and the eyes.
Close-Up - This type of shot emphasises the focus of the shot. It serves a similar purpose to the Extreme Close-Up, but less intense. It can often create tension, especially when focusing on a person's face.
Ariel Shot - Ariel shots are filmed from an aircraft or helicopter to view the setting from above.
Low Angle Shot - Films the subject from below, making them look stronger and bigger than usual.
Canted Angle Shot - The camera sits at a 45-degree angle. This gives the audience an unusual view of the scene, and can be used in scenes that feel peculiar.
Zoom Shot - The camera lens is adjusted to either zoom in or out on the subject. Zooming in can create emphasis as well as lead up to a reveal. Zooming out can make the subject distanced from the audience.
This is a video of different shots we've experimented with on our phones. We only chose a couple of shots from the list, but trying different shots here helped us think of different shots we could use in our final short films.
High Angle - The camera is looking down on the subject, making them look weaker
Extreme Close-Up - This type of shot can foreshadow a later event in the plot, it picks out a feature on a person, object or place.
Eye Level Shot - This is seen as neutral, placing the audience at along a horizontal plain making them feel like they're the camera.
Establishing Shot - A medium to long shot that shows the setting of the following scene.
Dolly/Tacking Shot - The camera tracks the action whilst attached to a track or vehicle. This allows the audience to keep up with the action.
Pan - A shot that moves from side to side. Often used to reveal something of the set, or to look at two people in conversation, it mimics the movement of the head.
Long Shot - A shot from a long distance. Can emphasise the isolation of a place or character.
Boom/Crane Shot - The camera is attached to a boom or a crane. Is similar to a long shot but higher up, and can track the action too.
Medium Shot - The camera is at a medium distance. This creates a neutral feeling similar to the Eye Level Shot.
Two Shot - This is a shot of two people that take up an equal amount of the shot. Used during an interaction between two people.
Tilt Shot - Similar to a pan shot but instead of side to side it moves up and down. This mimics the movement of the head and the eyes.
Close-Up - This type of shot emphasises the focus of the shot. It serves a similar purpose to the Extreme Close-Up, but less intense. It can often create tension, especially when focusing on a person's face.
Ariel Shot - Ariel shots are filmed from an aircraft or helicopter to view the setting from above.
Low Angle Shot - Films the subject from below, making them look stronger and bigger than usual.
Canted Angle Shot - The camera sits at a 45-degree angle. This gives the audience an unusual view of the scene, and can be used in scenes that feel peculiar.
Zoom Shot - The camera lens is adjusted to either zoom in or out on the subject. Zooming in can create emphasis as well as lead up to a reveal. Zooming out can make the subject distanced from the audience.
This is a montage of different professional shots that I put together showing the way these shots are used in the film industry. I selected them from different films to show how they can create different atmospheres. The first shot is from Hunt for the Wilderpeople, I used it as a basic example shot because it's uninterrupted for quite some time. The music over the top is Sonata for Cello & Piano in F Major by the Mutato Muziki Orchestra, which is from the Royal Tenenbaums soundtrack. The piece in the film mutes out the audio of the clips so I thought it would work muting out the audio in these clips, I went on to use it in the video below too.
This is a video of different shots we've experimented with on our phones. We only chose a couple of shots from the list, but trying different shots here helped us think of different shots we could use in our final short films.
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