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Shot Types and Sizes

Shot Types and Sizes. NUMBER ONE QUESTION : What is trying to be communicated ?. Establishing Shot. A wide angle shot that shows the location of the scene. Helps to familiarize the audience with where the scene is taking place. Long Shot (LS).

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Shot Types and Sizes

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  1. Shot Types and Sizes

  2. NUMBER ONE QUESTION: What is trying to be communicated?

  3. Establishing Shot • A wide angle shot that shows the location of the scene. • Helps to familiarize the audience with where the scene is taking place

  4. Long Shot (LS) • Includes the subject's full body and some of the surroundings

  5. Medium Shot (MS) • Includes about half of the subject’s body and less of the background

  6. Close-up (CU) • Includes the subject’s head, neck and sometimes shoulders • Get’s into the emotional space of the character

  7. Extreme Close-up (ECU) • Includes only part of the subject’s face • Heightens facial expressions and intensity of actions • Beginning students are afraid of close ups, meaning they don’t use them enough.

  8. Two Shot • Includes two actors and shows their relative distance from one another • It’s usually a medium shot • A three shot has three characters, etc..., up to a “crowd shot”

  9. Over the Shoulder (OTS) • Includes two actors, but the face of one and the back of the head/shoulder of another • Also called a “dirty shot” (compared to a “clean shot” that is not OTS) • Psychologically brings characters closer together

  10. Point of View (POV) • The camera captures what one of the characters sees from their perspective • The other character is often looking straight into the camera, if there is another character • Cinema constantly goes in and out of POV mode

  11. High Angle • The camera points down from above • The subject often looks more vulnerable or insignificant

  12. Low Angle • The camera points up from below • The subject often looks more powerful or intimidating

  13. Bird’s Eye or Aerial • The camera points directly down onto a scene or subject, like a bird looking down onto the scene

  14. Worm View or Crotch Shot • The camera points directly upward, looking straight up at the subjects • Worm/bird...get it! • Most shots are at “eye level”

  15. CAMERA MOVES Tilt = Camera moved up & down on fixed pointPan = camera moved left & right on fixed point Track = camera moved left and right on tracks (dolly) Zoom = camera moved in & out on fixed point

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