Assignment 3: CAM SAMCAssignment 3: CAM SAMC

Esere Simei-Akajagbo Esere Simei-Akajagbo

Part A: Camera Shots• Establishing Shot:• Establishes the setting of the scene

Gives the viewer more information and clarifies setting of the scene. ‘humps for 100 yards’

Part A: Camera Shots• Wide Shot:• Reveals a large amount of information in one shot.

Reveals the structures on a guitar

Part A: Camera Shots• Long Shot:• Framing a long shot of a character or subject.• Characters- usually show their actions.

Frames the characters whole body.Action- Showing off (shirt open)

Part A: Camera Shots• Mid/Medium Shot:• Shots on a characters or subjects torso &legs or torso &head.

Shot of torso and legs

Part A: Camera Shots• Close Up Shot:• A close framing of a particular object or body parts e.g. Face, hands...

Part A: Camera Shots• Extreme Close Up Shot:• Is a shot which shows an object or body parts in great detail.

Detail of the rose is illustrated

Part A: Camera Shots• POV (Point Of View) Shot:• Shows the shot from the characters perspective.

A shot from my point of view: typing on the computer

Part A: Camera Shots• Over The Shoulder Shot:• A shot that is filmed from the back of a characters head.• Facing the subject- 1/3 of screen dominating• Subject head- if it shows more, subject is dominating.

More dominating

More dominating

Part A: Camera Shots• Two Shot:• A shot that symbolises a relationship between two characters.

Relationship- Father and son playing football

Part A: Camera Shots• Overhead Shot:• A shot that is done overhead top state the action or subject.

Overhead shot of a person .Action: Reading

Part B: Camera Angles• High:• An angle that is taken higher up to make the characters look

weak and vulnerable.

Character- Vulnerable. Consoles with bear for guidance

Part B: Camera Angles• Low:• An angle that is taken lower down to make the subject or object seem superior.

Subject- looks strong and dominating

Part B: Camera Angles• Canted/Oblique:• An angle that is used to make the shot seem tilted.

Angle looks skewed

Part C: Camera Movement• Pan:• The camera pivots horizontally to reveal more information.

Screen Grabs:Reveals the variety of cereal boxes.

1) 2) 3) 4)

Part C: Camera Movement• Tilt:• Its the opposite to pan: camera pivots vertically to reveal more information.

Screen Grabs:Reveal the whole outfit of the character

Part C: Camera Movement• Track:• Camera moves side to side without pivoting in order to follow the character or

object.

Camera moves side to side as the character walks down the stairs

Part C: Camera Movement• Zoom:• Camera zooms in on object or character to reveal the detail.• Depending on speed of the zoom. It creates tension for the viewer.

Screen Grabs:Show the object in more detail

Part C: Camera Movement• Reverse Zoom:• Camera zooms out to reveal the detail in the setting.• Depending on speed of the zoom it can create tension for the viewer.

Part C: Camera Movement• Dolly:• Camera moves in, out, backwards and forwards on an object.• Its a tripod on wheels.

Dolly- dramatizes the importance of the scene

Part D: Composition• Symmetry Balance:• Both sides of a shot are identical.

Shapes- IdenticalSize-IdenticalThe balance- IdenticalEach feature in this shot is identical.

Part D: Composition• Asymmetry Balance:• Both sides of a shot is uneven.

This shot is unbalanced.Items appear to be on one side of the shot and not the other .

Part D: Composition• Rule Of Thirds:• An image is divided in to 9 equal parts. Two horizontal and two vertical lines.• 1 third of the grid is usually the ground/buildings. • 2 thirds is usually the sky.• Somewhere on cross section- important elements are placed.

2 thirds- sky

1 third- buildings

Part D: Composition• Shallow Focus:• One image is focused on whilst the other is blurred.• Emphasizes one part of the image over the other.

This is the main focus of the image.

This area is blurred allowing the focus to be brought to the flower.

Part D: Composition• Deep Focus:• The entire image is in focus.• Includes foreground, mid-ground and background.

All the grounds are in deep focus- detail in the shot

Part D: Composition• Focus Pulls:• Adjusts the focus from one subject to another.

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