Camera Angles and Camera Movement 16/9/15

Camera Angles

Establishing shot (E.S)

-To establish setting or scene for the benefit of the audience

Extreme Long Shot (E.L.S)

-To show the surrounding in more detail, more likely to feature people.

Long Shot

-Full body shot, used to see the everything in the frame

Mid Long Shot

-Also known American Angle

-From the thigh upwards 

Mid Shot
-From the waist upwards

Close-up

-This shot includes shoulders (sometimes) and face

-Used to focus on the details of someones face

Extreme Close Up

-Focusing on something very specific

-Typical example would be eyes

High angle

-Used to make the audience feel very small and inferior

-Status shot

Low Angle

-Used to make the audience feel inferior

-Status shot

High VS Low

-Interchanging between high and low

-Status shot

Point of view (POV)
-From the characters point of view

Over the shoulder shot
-A shot from over the characters shoulder
-Usually used during a conversation
-Could be used to make the audience feel isolated from the conversation

Canted Angle (Dutch Angle)
-For the audience to feel disoriented and uneasy

Camera Movement

-Pan: Moving the camera lens to one side of the frame to another

-Zoom: Zooming involves changing the focal length of the lens to make the subject appear closer or further away in the frame

-Tilt: Moving the camera lens up or down while keeping its horizontal axis constant.

-Track: Camera moves left, right, front, back tracking the characters or the focus of the scene

-Hand Held: Makes the camera more mobile and for the audience to feel as though the are involved within the action of the film