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Camera work shot reference

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Camera Work Shot Reference

Lorel Petts

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Extreme Long Shot/ Establishing Shot

An Establishing shot is used to give the audience an idea where the film or programme is set. This is usually a wide frame and give a vast image of the setting for the characters. Typically, an establishing shot is used at the beginning of the film/programme, to give the audience an initial idea where the characters are.

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High Angle Shot

A high angle shot is mostly used to look down on the character. This is used to show that the character looking down perhaps is smaller, not only in height but is inferior. Also however, it can be used to establish that the character below is further down, and is looking at something with great height such as a tower. It can also give a full image of the character from a different angle.

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Low Angle Shot

A low angle shot can be used to emphasise the superiority of the characters it is looking up at. This can show the audience that these characters are more powerful. It can also a sense of height for shorter actors, so they appear taller to the audience in the films. They also give a sense of confusion to the audience, as they suddenly feel more powerless because the characters are situated higher.

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Long Shot

This is where you can see the whole of the character, head to toe. A long shot is used to show the full extent of the character. This is to show the “life size” image of the characters , so that the audience can see a more realistic size of the characters compared to the props in the background. This is to show the full size of the character whilst still achieving small insights of the background although the characters are still the main focus.

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Medium Long Shot

This is where the camera only shows from the knees up.This is used in a film as it expresses more of the body language to audience and how the characters react during the scene. By using a medium long shot, it also means that we see more of the character and less of the background, which means that the audience are able to focus more on the characters. For example, in this scene, it is used to show the power and the togetherness of the characters.

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Medium Shot

This creates a closer focus on the characters from the waist up and the audience gets a better image of the character and less of the background. This makes the audience focus more on the facial expression of the character. Although you still can not see the character in great detail, it can prepare the audience for a close up/extreme close up. In this example, Oliver Tate is shows so that the audience can see more of his reaction in the scene and it can make the scene more emotional.

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Medium Close Up

This is where the camera is focused from the shoulders up, therefore the main focus for the character is centred around the face. This shows the expression of te characters and their reactions to the scene, without getting too close. It can also prepare the audience for a close up or an extreme close up, and the zoom into the face is more gradual. In this example, the medium close up is used to show the expression of the German soldier, as he expresses power and authority, used to intimidate the audience as they can see his face more clearly.

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Close Up

This is where the only focus on the face, therefore the facial expressions are more clear to the audience. This can create more an intimate atmosphere with the audience as they are able to experience and witness a better visual of the characters facial expressions/reactions in that scene. This can also be shown to focus on specific things, therefore emphasises their significance such as a close up of a trigger on a gun shows whether or not the gunman will pull the trigger.

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Extreme Close Up

An extreme close up is a very close up image of someone's face or a significant object with no background detail. An extreme close up of an objet is used to emphasise to an audience, the importance of that object in that scene, such as an extreme close up of a key. Although, an extreme close up of someone's face either their mouth or eyes, can be used for dramatic effect. In this example, a close up of Magneto’s eyes is used to intimate the audience and dramatize the moment when Eric become Magneto.

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Point Of View

This is where the camera’s focus is to show the audience the eye of the character. It also shows what the character is looking at. This shot is usually based on the characters perspective. This makes the shot more personal for the audience as they are able to observe what the character is seeing. In this example, Harry is looking at the mirror for a sign of help, and the point of view shot is used to show the significance of the object Harry is looking at but also his reaction to it.

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Two Shot

This is a shot where there are two characters in focus. A two shot is useful for the audience to establish the relationship between the characters in the scene. If they are at an equal level, then it an mean that the characters are at equal status to each other. However, if one is perhaps above the other, it can show the audience that one character is of more importance of is more powerful than the other. In addition to this, a two shot can also be used when two characters are having a conversation, such as this example of The Hunger Games, and it can be used to move the plot along.

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Over-the-shoulder Shot

This is where the audience are see one of the character, positioned over another's shoulder. This can emphasise a conversation that the two characters are having This shot is framed from behind a person who is looking at the subject. The person facing the subject should usually occupy about 1/3 of the frame.This shot helps to establish the position of each person, and get the feel of looking at one person from the other's point of view.It's common to cut between these shots during a conversation, alternating the view between the different speakers.