Skills & Techniques – Megan creative media

Homework - Creative Media - L2 - Steve - Week 2

Establishing Shot:

An established shot is normally either a very wide shot or an extremely wide shot, which is normally the first shot of the project being filmed, this type of shot fits into cinematography, it also shows people where the action will be taking place . Another name established shot can be called is simply just long shot. The shot is typically filmed by taking a picture or filming in a wide shot, doing this takes time and several shots before getting it right, an established shot is used mostly for wide landscape shots and sky-scrapers. The established shot I have choose is from the tv program ‘Friends’, it is set in New York City in Greenwich Village. The website I got the picture from is just above the picture. The director of the show is James Burrows and was first released in September 1994.

http://friends.wikia.com/wiki/Friends

Image result for established shot from friends

Extreme close-up:

An extreme close-up shot is to get very fine details of what you are photographing or filming, theses kind of shots give the audience a lot of thoughts as the mood of the pictures differ in each shot, some are dark and gloomy and some can be bright and colourful. The other names extreme close-up shot are know by is ECU or XCU and sometime depending how close the shot is can be called micro shot photography. The way extreme close-up shots are filmed is to get in the characters face or intimate space, to reveal their emotions and what is going on in the film. The extreme close-up shot I have chosen is from the movie War for the Planet of the Apes, it is set in a Canadian city called Vancouver, the website I found the picture from is below. The director of this film is Matt Reeves and was released in July 2017.

http://bloggingbycinemalight.blogspot.com/2017/07/war-for-planet-of-apes.html

Image result for extreme close up shot planet of the apes

Medium Shot:

A medium shot is an all-purpose shot which is just a normal size photo or film shot, this shot is used for the audience to pick up on the characters movement and emotions. This type of shot is typically used for a dialog sequence and is focused from the top of the head to either the legs or feet. The picture I got from a medium shot was the film ‘The Hunger Games’ In the particular shoot one of the main characters Katniss is focused to kill an animal to take back to her family to feed them, she does this by using a bow & arrow. ‘The Hungry Game was directed by Gary Ross and was first released in March 2012.

https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/medium-shot-examples/

Long Shot:

A long shot in film is when a scene is shot from far away catching everything that is going on, this kind of shot is more used for landscape and skyscrapers more then just a normal scene in a film. A long shot can also be referred as either a full shot or a wide shot, and this kind of shot is obviously film quite a distance from the scene and for a full figure shot or a place. The Long shot picture I have choose is from the film ‘Ratatouille’, the rat Remy has just figured out that he is in Paris in France, he is looking out onto the landscape with the Eiffel Tower in the far left corner. The director of this Disney film is Brad Bird and this film was released in June 2007.

https://ellensmediaproduction.wordpress.com/2017/04/07/shot-types-video-production/

Image result for long shot in film

High Angle Shot:

An High Angle Shot is where the camera is high up but tilted either down or just straight forward onto the character or subject. This technique shot is used for the audience to feel as if the character is week, powerless and vulnerable. A High angle also effects the mood of that particular shot whether it is happy, sad, angry or scared. The picture I have chosen for a high angle shot is from one of many films ‘Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix’, where the Dark Arts try to attack Harry in a tunnel, he then falls to the ground where the camera technique comes in. The director of Harry Potter films is Chris Columbus and this actual film was released in July 2007.

http://www.blog-city.info/en/h_potter.php

Related image

Low Angle Shot:

A low Angle shot is where the camera is being film from either the characters eyeline or below, then the camera will be tilted upwards. This type of shot is filmed so the character looks big, strong and powerful, so totally different from a ‘high angle shot’. The audience can notice the difference from the characters mood and posture from changing the shot from high to low. The Low angle shot I have chosen ‘The Loin King’ In this particular scene the film uses a low angle shot to creative the effect of the loins being the leaders of all the animals and welcome another member of the pack. The film was released in October 1994 and the director is Roger Allers.

https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-most-important-camera-angles-for-making-movies

Image result for low angle shot from a film

Canted/Dutch Shot:

A Canted/Dutch shot is a shot that is filmed while the camera is slightly tilted on it’s side, There is a few names that it is also named, such as ‘dutch tilt’, ‘dutch angle’, ‘canted angle’ and ‘oblique angle’. This kind of shot is filmed on a roll axis and tiled to one side to make the shot composed with vertical lines, a dutch shot is filmed for a dramatic, uneasy, madness and disorientated effect on the audience. The film ‘Thor’ is the shot I chose for the canted/dutch shot, in the picture below, it shows the audience that the character is a bit off-topic and disorientated. The director is Taika Waititi and it was released in April 2011.

https://terceroesobilingue.wordpress.com/photography/camera-angles/

Panning Shot:

A panning shot is a motion picture or film, the camera is horizontal which gets the perfect shot of the object when going round. The camera can also be tilted up, down and vertically if its filming a person. Panning shot is normally filmed for moving objects such as cars and motor bikes, people, just any moving subject. The panning shot I have chose is from the film ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ This particular scene is when Hagrid and Harry are about to set off to get to where they are going. The director is David Yates and was released in November 2010.

https://www.slashfilm.com/harry-potter-deathly-hallowspart-1-scenes-featurette/

Image result for panning shot in Harry Potter

Pedestal Shot:

A pedestal shot is when the camera moves vertically with the subject, this type of shot give the techniques to move up and down. The shot is filmed by having a camera on a pedestal, which is a kind of equipment that makes the camera move smoothly up, down, left and right. The name pedestal shot is also referred as pedding, the typical places you would use a pedestal shot for a tv show or live tv.

Image result for pedestal shot in a tv

Zoom Shot:

A zoom shot is from the lens on the camera, which makes the film look like it is zooming into the subject. The shot is filmed by just the lens, the lens is the thing that makes the subject in-large, also it really easy to use but hard to get the shot right. The zoom shot is normally used for animation films but can be found in other films aswell. ‘The Hunger Game’ was the film I chose for the zoom shot, the lens is focused on the character’s face but the arrows in the background are blurred, this is what the lens does, it focuses on the subject that is closest to the camera and blur the background out. I am not sure which ‘Hunger games’ this is but the director is Gary Ross.

http://courses.suzannechurchill.com/community-s17/2017/02/08/the-use-of-zoom-and-personal-shots-in-gary-ross-the-hunger-games-film/

Related image

Dolly Shot:

A dolly shot is a cart where the camera sits, the cart is on wheels that run along the subject, the shot can also be referred as tracking shot or trucking shot. The dolly shot moves backwards and forwards to get closer to the subject or further away. This kind of shot is on a cart which is on a rail that moves alone side the subject or object, the dolly cart does not move on it’s own so a person does have to push it alone the rails. The film I have chose for a dolly shot is ‘Jaws’, in this particular scene the camera is focused on the character who is sitting on the beach. The director of ‘Jaws’ is Steven Spilberg and was first released in December 1975.

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiFjKi1pM_dAhVFDZAKHc0mCkQQjhx6BAgBEAM&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slate.com%2Fblogs%2Fbrowbeat%2F2014%2F01%2F21%2Fdolly_zoom_supercut_video_shows_the_vertigo_effect_in_jaws_goodfellas_raging.html&psig=AOvVaw3HyBknJRHzbxW55_TWzZLC&ust=1537728813741081

Image result for dolly shot in jaws

Crane Shot:

A crane shot is where the camera is on a crane or jib to shot the film they are making, this kind of shot is on a crane, the camera can move up, down, left and right it also can be used to move towards and away from the subject. The crane shot is mostly required in Hollywood movies but are also used in the UK, directors normally used this shot to end a film with it moving back from the main subject. The film I chose for the crane shot is from ‘Fast and Furious 6’ where one of the characters is jumping from one car to another whilst it is moving, the camera on the crane is in-front moving with the cars. The director of this film is Justin Lin and was first released in May 2013.

https://nofilmschool.com/2013/06/nuts-bolts-of-car-chase-creating-fast-and-furious-action-sequence