Wednesday, 17 September 2014

Camera shots and angles

This from Darlia, shows a man with no instrument pointing towards the camera, in my video there will be a male actor however the camera will be facing down upon him, with lyrics written near him, in an all black shoot.


Midshot of an object will be used within my music video to, this one is taking from Darlia Napalm Video. I'm also using a studio, all white background, to record my objects.
Camera Shots- Point of view, extreme close up, close up, long shot, close up, mid-shot, establishing shot (opening scene), and low angle is looking up. High angle is looking down on something. Over the shoulder shot. Two shot-when two people are in the shot (what all these angles symbolises).

Camera movements- Arc when the camera goes around the character. Tracking shot follows an object or character, Track (back and forwards like zoom), crab (side to side moves left to right) pan is a shift movement from right to left). Crane goes up and down.
Possible meanings:  

Point of view is there to show the point of the character within the scene to give the audience a realistic feel to their viewing experience. To see the scene through personas eyes can create/show an array of emotions.
Close up helps establish an emotional reaction on a characters face to show the audience what he or she is feeling, another reason for close especially when used on objects is to create suspense or show importance to that specific object.
Point of view is there to show the point of the character within the scene to give the audience a realistic feel to their viewing experience. To see the scene through personas eyes can create/show an array of emotions.
Close up helps establish an emotional reaction on a characters face to show the audience what he or she is feeling, another reason for close especially when used on objects is to create suspense or show importance to that specific object.

Establishing shot does exactly what it says, it sets out the scene, and it introduces the audience to the scene and establishes characters and place.

High Angle looks down upon a character to show that the character is not important where as if a character is seen looking down upon the other character it shows superior. On the other hand, if the camera is a low angle this implies that they are feeling threatened by a superior character or they feel small compared to the world.

Two shot is there to serve the purpose of conversation to show the audience characters and who they are talking to.


  Possible meanings:
Arc is used for the audience to gain a feel of the character to understand them better, how they dress, their height, their body mass; it is like the camera is examining the characters world.
Tracking shot is used to keep up with the pace of the scene in order to show pace through a scene tracking an object or a character shows importance. The audience instantly knows the watch out for either character or object the camera has tracked.
Crane is usually used when a tall building or a character is seen within a scene the camera will make a movement of up and down to show the audience the full length of something within that scene.
 Pan is used to keep up with a moving object or person such as a fast car.













1 comment:

  1. Tyler you have provided a good overview of some of the main camera shots you might use in your video, I would maybe suggest illustrating these with images.

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