Cinematography

Cinematography - The art of photography and camerawork in film-making

 An Extreme Close Up shot is a shot which zooms in one particular item in the shot and makes sure the focus in on this one thing. For example, in the picture above, that is an extreme close up of an eye and this is the only thing that is shown. 

A close up shot is a shot which is zoomed in but not as zoomed in as a extreme close up. A close up shot would show more than just an eye and would show a whole face. However, the close up shot means that the face would be the main part of the shot.

A medium shot is a shot which would show a persons face and a bit of their body. The shot wouldn’t contain their whole shot as that is too zoomed out, and a medium shot would usually show their chest and stomach area but nothing else. 

A long shot is a shot which contains a lot of things and it shows the audience a number of things. It would usually show how many people there are in that scene, what the setting is like and what activities they are performing at that certain time. For example, in the shot above, we can see a lot of people, and we can see that the setting is a football pitch and they are playing football.

An extreme long shot is a shot where you can see everything. It is used to show settings in full detail. It is designed to make everything look small so you can see everything. For example, in the picture above, the extreme long shot shows the setting in full detail so you can see everything around it and the houses are made to look tiny.

A point of view shot is a shot where the audience feel like they are in the characters shoes. The shot is used to make the audience see what the character can see and so they can feel the same emotions.

 An over the shoulder shot is mainly used when two characters are having a conversation. It is used to put the characters in their setting so the audience can see where they are. 

A birds eye view is what it says. It is where the camera is in the position high up in the sky of where a bird would be and it is looking down. The shot is used to make everything look small so a whole setting can be seen.

A high angle shot is where the camera is high up looking down on the character. The shot is designed to make the character look small, vulnerable and in danger.

A low angle shot is where the camera is low down and is looking up. The shot is designed to make everything look bigger and more intimidating.

A tracking shot is when the camera moves along with the action. It does this by travelling along using some wheels on some kind of track so it can keep up with the action.

A rolling shot is a shot where the camera follows the action with the camera man walking/running along. This means the camera is unstable and shakes about alot and this can be used to show the state of mind of the character.

 

 

A pan is when the camera follows the character is a horizontal way. The camera can either pan left or right. It is used to follow a character.

A tilt is when the camera moves vertically. The camera can either tilt up or down. This can be used to slowly establish small details about characters.

A crane shot is a shot where the camera zooms out and goes vertically. This is used to show the helplessness of one character where we see that they are alone and have no one to help them. 

A steadicam is used to film around difficult places. For example, in this film, the steadicam is used to film around a maze as the camera needs to be steady when moving about all of the corners.