Understanding of Camera Shots

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Micro Elements Sanam Harrinanan

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Micro ElementsSanam Harrinanan

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Close Up

A Close up is used in movies and TV shows to show the emotion used in a persons face. In this picture the person is looking down confused as he is reading something of a piece of paper. It shows that he is

not a serious character which helps to identify the movie is a comedy genre.

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Extreme Close Up

This extreme close up helps us to identify how this character is feeling about what he is about to do. As you can see his eyes are very widely open which suggest he is shocked or scared. Extreme close ups helps to exaggerate

a characters emotions.

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Medium Shot

A medium shot helps to show the costume of a character. In the picture it is obvious that this movie is a comedy because of the way the main characters are standing and dressed, it shows they are not serious people

and everyone is dressed in bright colours which gives away that the movie is a fun movie.

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Long Shot

This long shot gives us some information on the type of location and a full screening of everyone's body language. By the way they are dressed we can see the characters are

dorkey looking which helps us to know this is a comedy genre.

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Extreme Long Shot

This extreme long shot shows us the environment around the character and gives us an idea of where they are. As we can see this is an car park with the main character in the car park alone.

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TRACKThe term track shot is widely considered to be synonymous with dolly shot; that is, a shot in which the camera is mounted on a cart which travels along tracks.

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PAN• A pan is a horizontal camera

movement in which the camera moves left and right about a central axis. This is a swivelling movement, either mounted in a fixed location on a tripod or shoulder.

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TILT• A tilt is a vertical camera

movement in which the camera points up or down from a stationary location. For example, if you mount a camera on your shoulder and nod it up and down, you are tilting the camera.

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ZOOM• The zoom is the function

which moves your point of view closer to, or further away from, the subject. The effect is similar to moving the camera closer or further away.

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CUT• Cutting is used when editing clips

for a movie or TV show. This is when parts of recorded material is not wanted in finished piece so it is removed and deleted so it is not to be used.

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PACE• The speed of which someone or

something is moving. This could either be fast, slow or a reasonable medium speed.

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PERFORMANCE• Performance is the way someone is acting

or presenting themselves in front of someone by putting on a show. Or the way something is working, whether its working good or bad.

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DIEGETIC/ NON DIEGETIC

Sound whose source is visible on the screen or whose source is implied to be present by the action of the film: • voices of characters • sounds made by objects in the story NON DIEGETIC

Sound whose source is neither visible on the screen nor has been implied to be present in the action: • narrator's commentary• sound effects which is added for the dramatic effect

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MISE EN SCENEMise en scene means everything that comes before the camera and its arrangement., for instance the;• Setting• Costume• Figure• Expression• PropsMise en scene also includes the composition, which consists of the positioning and movement of actors, as well as objects, in the shot.