Introduction to camera work

Start today and homeworkPresentations!

Pick 6 uses of camerawork (shots or movement) from the first 1 minute of a film of your choice.

You will explain why you believe these to be effective (linking to audience, character development etc).

Learning Objective:•To identify different types of

camera work.

•To justify WHY techniques are used and the creators intended

response.

Introduction to Film Language: Camerawork

The next 12 slides... You need to draw an example of the

camera work AND write the type.

You need to think about: - When you would see this being

used.- Why it is being used- what effect

would it create?

Camera ShotsExtreme Close-up (XCU)May frame only a part of a human face

(an eye or the mouth), or perhaps a hand or foot.

May also frame a close-up of a non-human (e.g. a door handle or candle)

Camera Shots

Close-up (CU)

This camera shot, sometimes called a “head

shot“,frames an object about the size of a human head usually not including

shoulders.

Camera Shots

Medium Close-up (MCU)

This camera shot indicates a space equivalent to a

person's head and their shoulders

Camera ShotsMedium Shot (MS)

This shot includes space which would

frame a person's head and torso. This shot can

also encompass two people standing next

(sometimes known as a 2 shot) to each other filmed from the waist

up.

Camera ShotsMedium Long Shot (MLS)

A Medium Long Shot can frame one or two people standing up, that is, their entire body.

Camera ShotsWide Shot (WS)

A Wide Shot will be able to take in an entire room or large group of people.

Camera ShotsExtreme Wide Shot (XWS)

An extremely wide shot might encompass a picture of an entire house

or, in fact, anything large.

Camera ShotsPoint-of-View Shot (POV)

A shot taken from a characters POV. You see what they see.

Camera MovementPan

This is when the camera stays static but pivots to show more. This could be a character walking into shot and then

out again.

Camera MovementCanted angle

This is when the camera is literally at an angle.

Camera MovementHigh Angle

This is when the camera is tilted down onto a character or object.

Camera MovementLow Angle

This is when the camera is tilted upwards to a character or object.

Filming scenarios1. A mother cradling her newborn baby

and the father who is on the way to meet them.

2. A couple getting married on their wedding day with those they love around them.

3. A driver about to race in Formula One and the woman he loves sitting in the audience.

4. A family sitting down for dinner and having a conversation.

5. A gunfight between a Sheriff and an Outlaw.

Start today and homeworkPresentations!

Pick 6 uses of camerawork (shots or movement) from the first 1 minute of a film of your choice.

You will explain why you believe these to be effective (linking to audience, character development etc).