Notes (12th september 2014)

Composition:

• Where things are placed/ arranged in the shot.
• Rule of Thrids - when composing a shot imagine a grid over the top of it. The points of interest in the shot are where the lines cross.
• The golden mean - imagine a diagonal line over the top of the shot, the points of interest are along the line.

Framing:

framing is what you choose to include in the shot and what you decide to leave out of it, however what you leave out needs to be important.

Camera shots:

• Extreme long shot - the subject isnt clearly visable, used for action scenes and also to show the surroundings in the shot.
• Mid-shot - waist upwards, mostly used to show action or a conversation.
• Long-shot - shows the characters full body and is used to show them in their environment.
• Medium close-up - from the shoulders up.
• Close-up - shows emotion and the object in detail.
• Extreme close-up - shows extreme detail.
• Cut away - a shot of something other than the current action. to help show interest or information about something.
• Two shot.
• Over the shoulder.
• Noddy shot - shows a person listening and reacting to the subject, used in an interview.
• Point of view.

Camera movement:

• Low angle shot.
• High angle shot.
• Pan (side to side).
• Tracking shot - folows the subject.
• Tilt - up and down.
• Canted/ Dutch angle shot - not straight, slightly angled.
• Zoom in and out.
• Steadiam/ Handheld - camera moves with the action.
• Aerial shot - shot from a plane or helicopter.