Research/Revise Cinematography Task

In this task, I will be researching a number of different camera angles/shots and looking at Cinematography as a whole. 

1. Camera shots:

• Wide/Establishing shot - Shows the setting and where certain actions are about to be taken place.
• Long shot - A shot which shows the actor from head to toe. 
• Medium shot - A shot which shows less than a long shot, but more than a close-up, so it would show the head to knees. 
• Medium close-up - a shot which displays the head to torso, less than a medium shot and less of a close up. 
• Close-up - a shot which only shows his face and head, used to show the detail of a subjects facial expression. 
• Extreme close-up - A shot which displays only a very specific part of a subjects face.
• Over-the-shoulder shot - a shot which is used for conversation mainly, as the camera is positioned by the subjects shoulder in order to show how far away they are from each other.

2. Camera angles:

• Bird's eye view - Overhead angle displaying the setting from above which can be used to show numerous actions being taken place. 
• High angle - This angle is positioned above the action in order to give a less intimidating look to the character in the setting.
• Low angle - The camera is positioned at a very low angle in order for the audience to feel powerless within the action which is taking place in the scene. 
• Eye level - A shot which shows the characters point of view, it shows it as if they are monitoring something. This gives more effect to show an emotion of a subject. 
• Oblique angle - the camera is tilted to give an imbalance to the audience. Used to give more effect in films such as Horror's. 

3. Camera movements:

• Pans - When the camera is moving horizontal in order to present a scene.  
• Tilts - Same as pan, but vertically. 
• Dolly/track shots - Placed on a moving object such as car or truck to capture action which is moving.
• Handheld shots - A realistic shot which may be used with a smartphone, for example if they were to show a fight in a school, they would use a smartphone format and movement in order to make it look realistic as possible.
• Crane shots - Follows the movement of an individual through the whole scene, usually no cut scenes and from an aerial point of view.