Lights, Camera, Action

 Friday 29th September 2023

LO: To understand and practise using the principles of film making.

Success Criteria: To film an effective scene using basic filming rules.

Shot Types

Rhythm tone meaning

Establishing Shot- time of day, geography, scale of subjects, used as transition, 

Wide Shot- Represent relationship to environment, scale of subject, appear lost, lonely, overwhelmed

Full/Long shot- story about characters face and body, statements about subjects

Medium/Long Shot- Present confidence in confrontation, cowboy shot

Medium Shot- Shows emotion and detail 

Medium Close Up Shot- Intimacy with subject without physicality, can capture boject and characters reaction.

Close Up- Highlights change in emotion, shows characters thoughts and feelings

Extreme Close Up- Isolate something crucial, show intense emotion, creates emphasis on something

Framing

Singles- Features one character alone, primary focus, used to convey a characters isolation

Two Shot- 2 character in frame, both faces clearly visible, visual relationship between characters

Three, Four, Five Shot-

Crowd Shot- used to show a large group of people, relationship between them

Over The Shoulder Shot- Feel included in the shot, 

POV Shot- shows from the perspective from a character, paired with character audio

Insert Shot- Frames information and emphasises an object, combined with POV shots

Camera Angle

Low Angle- Make subject look powerful

High Angle- Make subject look weaker, used with low angle to compare strength between characters

Overhead Shot- Showcase complex movement, suggest connection to divine, capture details

Dutch Angle- Sense of unease, Terror, Bewildered, Magnify Tension

Eye Level- Natural height, No judgement, 

Shoulder Level- Low angle without major judgement, become an OTS shot.

Hip Level- common in western, emphasise gun holsters, 

Knee Level- Double as low angles, Track an environment, following subject, shows character details.

Ground Level- Double as low angles, stylish way to track movement, captures details

Camera Movement 

Static Shot- Dialogue, Actors performance enhanced, trap a character, suggest helplessness, Unsettling

Pan Shot- character actions, reveal information, 

Whip Pan- Create relationships between characters, amps up energy, 

Tilt- Capture verticality of world, Give character governance, reveal strength/weakness, reveal setting and scale

Push in- Emphasises a moment, important, emphasise action. emotion

Pull out- Deemphasises subject, unveils context of scene, setting, Characters, detach from a scene, emphasise negative emotion, abandonment

Zoom- Zoon in or our, reveal context around subject, unnatural, draw attention to specific detail, 

Crash Zoom- Dramatic or comedic affect, 

Dolly Zoom- Portray conflict, Causes foreground to replace background, can create intimacy

Camera Roll- Disorientating, upset equilibrium, create conflict, switch power

Tracking Shot- Where is character going, what will happen, Build tension, 

Trucking Shot-  establishes world and characters

Arc- Orbits around subject, emphasises action on still character