Friday, 12 October 2012

Different shots.




         This is shot reverse shot. You can use this to show both sides of a conversation. Its just like over the shoulder shot but a ferw of those shots combined.People would often use this shot in the middle of am argument.you would use a 'shot reverse shot' ,  if 2 people were having an argument or a conversation. But just focusing on those two people it means that its either important or they are important.You could use this in every genre allthough it is most commonly used in horror,thriller and romantic comedies.
 Aerial shot
   This is when the camera is over someones head and it takes a shot. This is quite often used as an Establishing shot.



                                                     Close up
    This is a shot when the head and shoulders are the only things that can be seen of the body.This is used to show expressions or emotions of that character.It can also be a shot of an object, you could zoom in to the object to show more detail.



Extreme close up
       This is a shot where a part of the face or body of a character fills up the screen or dominates the whole frame. This can also be done for an object where only a small part of it will dominate the screen.

Establishing shot
     Basically its a shot where it will establish the scene, this gives the viewer information about where your filming is set. Its usually a wide or long shot and it most oftentimes appears at the begging of a scene.

Medium shot
     This is when you shoot from the waist upwards.


                                                 Two shot
     A shot of two characters maybe in a conversation. usually to symbolise some relationship.




Point-of-view shot
     Where you see a view from the subject's eyes. This is commonly edited so the viewer can see what person this is.

Overhead shot
     A type


                                                                                                                                                               Reaction shot


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