Media Lesson 3 - More Shot Deffintions

Extreme long shot: is often used to indicate time and location, the where about of the scene, people who may be in the scene taking place will be just vaguely visible in the extreme long shot.

Long Shot: this is mainly used by directors to follow on from the extreme long shot, allowing the audience to see the character fully and understand the link between the character and the location of the scene.

Mid shot: is from the waist upwards, usually following on from a long shot, this is used to help familiarise the character with the audience to get a better view of them, can see the facial expression and body language in much more detail.

Extreme close up: Helps pull in the audience to a real deep depth understanding of the characters emotion; these shots unlike the close-ups tend to show no background at all, and even on the characters face tend to zoom in on the characters eyes or an object of significance.

Close up: used by the director to really show the face of the character or the significance in detail of a place or object, little background will be given in this shot so the attention will be on the main object of the shot. In depth emotions and expressions are able to be confirmed.

Media Lesson 2 - Main Shot Deffinitons

Lesson 2 media definitions.

Match on action: is a simple yet quite effective technique used, it’s as the scene continues the perspective of the camera changes as the scene continues, this shot gives the sense of continuation rather than a stop and start, this shot directs the viewers attention away from the slight cutting imperfections and helps the “flow” of the scene, the flow of the scene is important because you don’t want the viewer to feel the first and second art to be different, you want them to see both parts in one sight, to see the same action in both parts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laUPi7MPOSQ&feature=player_embedded

Shot/reverse shot: when 2 characters are seen, both often on screen and facing in opposite directions so the viewer naturally assumes that they are facing each other, used for continuation similarly to the match on action shot, this can also show a character focussing on an object or conversation, this shot is often tied with the 180 degree rule so the viewers sight of the scene is not out of shape.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLkUHZ1qips

180 degree rule: is when 2 characters are aligned and the camera angle is not allowed to pass the 180 degree mark, they are only allowed to fill one side = 180 degrees, this rule is maintained in a conversation for example, this shot allows the audience to get a in depth sense of locations and atmosphere.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdyyuqmCW14