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.