AS MEDIA STUDIESFoundation Portfolio - Shots

Learning Intentions

To learn basic terminology of shots To plan shoot covering range of

different shots To organise shooting to take place

before/ during next lesson (Thursday)

Success Criteria

All students will note down information about different kinds of shot and will plan a simple shoot

Most students will create a simple storyboard/ shooting schedule

Some students will devise a detailed storyboard/ shooting schedule

Types of shot

Extreme Long Shot (ELS) Long Shot (LS) Medium Shot (MS) Two Shot Close Up (CU) Extreme Close Up (ECU) High Angle Low Angle

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Extreme Long Shot

Extreme Close Up

Two Shot

Long Shot

Name the Shot

Task

3 minutes to correctly identify the shots

Label shots on left using titles from right(abbreviate where appropriate)

Mise En Scene

What appears in the shot (denotation) Costume Props Make-up Framing Setting

Purpose and effect Intended connotation

Explain the Mise En Scene

Task

Work in groups of 1/2 Given a number of shots to compose Given camera/ tripod to use for next three

days Select appropriate locations Follow instructions on sheet and complete

shoot

Upload footage onto computer by end of lesson on Thursday

Editing begins Friday 12th September Final submission Friday 19th September

Maintain blog throughout process

CAMERA BASICS

Classic “Don'ts”

Don’t... forget to charge battery or load media leave lens cover on leave camera on when not shooting have irrelevant people or things in shot catch camera reflected in window/ mirror get thumb or shadow in shot talk over shot edit shots “in camera”

Shooting Tips

Use a tripod –shots will look much better Run through the action before shooting

Make sure you’re covering everything, particularly if you have complicated movement

Start recording about 5s before the action starts You can edit this out later

Record at least 2 takes for each shot Record a “master” shot for each scene

Resolution

Cameras default to 1080/ 60 (HD resolution/ frame-rate)

Better set at 720/ 30 Whenever you turn on the camera

Check the bottom left corner of the screen If number is 1080, press “menu” button, select

“resolution” and select “720” You will always need to reset the frame rate to 30.

In the menu, click down to the second page Select “Stabilizer” Make sure the green tick is selected Click menu button The number at the bottom left should now read

“720P30”

Charging it Up

Make sure battery and charger with camera

Different cameras have different adapters

Battery should beconnected to the base unitin order to charge it

Camcorder Media

Mini-DV Tape|

Mini-DVD Disc

SD Card

Turning it on

Press the “on/off” button once Check the “mode” – you won’t be

able to record if the video camera icon is not selected

If you can’t see anything, make sure you’ve taken the lens cover off

Lens Covers

Some cameras have internal lens covers

The Powershots have the lens cover attached to the camera

Aspect Ratio

Some cameras default to an aspect ratio of 4:3(old TV standard)

Make sure you set your camcorder to 16:9 (or “widescreen”). You will usually do this via the camera menu

Zoom

To “zoom” (i.e. make the image bigger or smaller) , use the “W/T” slider (usually found on the “shoulder” of the camera

The slider is “touch sensitive” – the zoom will speed up or slow down depending on pressure

Advised not to zoom when recording; this will generally make your footage look amateurish

However, if you practice azoom a few times, it canlook quite effective

Focus

Most domestic camcorders use “auto-focus”

You can alter this, although you will need to experiment

You will find itdifficult tomaintain thefocus if yoursubject moves much

You are advised to only experiment with focus at your own risk

Light

Camcorders work best in reasonable light

If you shoot at night or in low light, image quality will degrade

Ideally, shoot during the day and then tint the image to create “day for night”

Otherwise, make sure you have enough light

Effects

Many cameras come with “effects” buttons

You are advised not to use these when you are shooting

You can create more powerful effects using the editing software, with the advantage that you can undo them if you don’t like them

Tripod Basics