Different shot types

 Notes

Micro

Shot types

lighting

setting

costumes

editing style

sound used, audio, dialogue.

Macro

Genre

Narrative

Audience

Representation 

ideology

Cinematography

lightning

Shot types

Angles

Camee movement and setup

Depth of field 

establishing shot, often used to transition nd show people geography and setting, its crucial. sets the tone, introductory, new location, essential details 

master shot confirms location and geography of scene, shows where characters are in relation to each other and who's in the scene, provides editor something to cut out too 

wide shot, usually concerned with spacing,  not location unlike establishing shot 

full shot, normally has a full shot of a character. 

medium full shot (cowboy shot) confident or confindational. 

medium ms, popular shot size, neutral shot, similar size of interactions, above waist. below the chet above head 

mcu, medium close up, limi distraction. intimate. without losing emotion and reaction

close up, eye level. dramatic, effective emotional 

extreme close up, isolate specific area, ear nose eyes highlight crucial things to the narrative 

Framing

singles - one character alone, primary focus, clean single no other character at all in frame, isolation. dirty ingle part of another character.

two shot - two characters, clearly visible faces, visible relationship 

three shot, four shot and so on.

crowd shot- 

over the shoulder

point of view - popvaudio and shots 

insert shot - combined with pov sometimes, third person important thing 

Camera angle

low angle, below eye line, make people look powerful, 

high angled shots, weak and vulnerable

arial shot

overhead, birds eye

dutch angle, unease, terror, bewilderment 

eye level shot, common, dynamic 

shoulder level, links with its, height difference

hip level shot 

knee level, doubling of low angles, track though environment, character details

ground level, lower angle id upward tilt, stylish way to capture movement 

worms eye straight up

Depth of field, 

in focus

deep focus - crips detail 

shallow focus - audience  has on primary focus, isolate a character, emphasize 

soft focus, nothing in the shot is not in focus, flash back, dream sequences

rack focus- a verb, transitioning different focus within a shot 

split diopter - both focused

tilt shift - striking visuals, bends light and distortion 

camera rig

hand held - meant to be shaky

tripod - shots wit movement, dialogue scenes, emotion single shots, locking and staging

pedestal - vertical build suspense 

cranes and jibs - bigger vertical 

over head rig - 

dolly -  lens zoom vertigo effect,

stabilizer - no camera shake 

snorricam, chest cam - vertigo, dizziness, panic, tragedy immersive 

vehicle mount - 

drones - establishing shits 

motion control- , control snd repetion, visual effects 

underwater housing - suspense 

steady camera- 

Lighting

high key - upbeat, hopeful mood, comedy and musicals

low key - mystery, fear and uncertainty, horror, thriller

natural - halo effect, angelic trait

key light - main source of light

back light -define a background character

fill light -

key and fill light together makes a high key light and exposure. Key light brighter then fill light create a low-key light.

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