Photography Practice

 

OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT

- an angle used in film, where the camera is placed above the back of the shoulder and head of an object.

- most commonly used to present conversational back and forth between two subjects

P-O-V SHOT 

 

- a film angle that shows what a character is looking at in the first person narrative

- it gives viewers a sense of what it’s like to see what that character sees. the other characters look directly into the camera, the camera pans and moves to see what’s going on, enhancing the viewing experience and making us feel like we are a part of the story.

 

 

 

 

TWO SHOT

 - a type of shot in which the frame encompasses two people. the subjects do not have to be next to each other, and there are many common two shots which have one subject in the foreground and the other subject in the background.

-  The shot is used to show the emotional reactions between the subjects.

 

 

 CLOSE UP SHOT

-o ften taken at relatively close range on a longer lens. the benefit of the close up is that it gives us a detailed and intimate look we might normally miss.

 - how you angle your camera depends on getting an added emotional effect, or by surrounding them with varying shot sizes

 

 

 

 MID SHOT

-  medium shot, mid shot, or waist shot is a camera angle shot from a medium distance.

- used to emphasize both the actor and their surroundings by giving them an equal presence on screen 

 

 

 

 

 MASTER SHOT 

- a master shot is a long shot that captures all or most of the action in a scene and is often paired with a wide shot.

- used as an establishing shot to show the environment and lead the audience into the scene

 

 

 

 

THE DUTCH TILT ANGLE 

- the technique consists of an angled camera shot where the horizon line isn't parallel with the bottom of the frame, and vertical lines are at an angle to the side of the frame 

-  the point of this tilted perspective is to make viewers feel uneasy