Camera Angles!

 In class we discovered the 9 Camera Shots that are used in film, their roles, importance and why/when these specific shots are used to be effective in a scene. The different camera shots represent emotions, enhance storytelling, create aesthetics and help guide the viewers through the different scenes. 

Shot 1- Establishing Shot

This shot introduces the setting of a scene; it is usually wide or an extreme wide type of shot. It is used to introduce and inform the audience to a location like a city view for example.

Shot 2- Master Shot

This shot can confirm location and show relation between characters while capturing a whole scene. The camera angles used is able to keep all the characters in view.

Shot 3-Wide Shot

This shot positions subjects far from each other being able to demonstrate spatial relationship as well as a character to environment relationship. Lost and lonely emotions can be found here.

Shot 4- Full Shot

This shot captures the full body from head to toe. This allows for there to be focus on the character while still showing surrounding scenery.

Shot 5- Medium Full Shot

Also considered a "Cowboy Shot" as it is from the knees/hips up showing a shot that represents those in western films of cowboys when they draw their weapons in a fight. These shots tend to display a confident and powerful visual in the scene.

Shot 6- Medium Shot

This shot is known as the "most popular" as well as the most "neutral". From the waist up it catches the subject in a way how we interact while still showing details.

Shot 7- Medium Close Up

This shot goes from the mid-chest to just above the head with the priority being the main subject. It is a combination of the medium and close up shot containing emotions/facial expressions as well as background context. 

Shot 8- Close Up 

This shot can be explained as the most "powerful" shot full of dramatic intensity. Being at eye level and excluding all of the background the characters thoughts and feelings can be demonstrated and focused on.

Shot 9- Extreme Close Up

This shot frames the subject to observe one specific feature may it be the eyes, mouth, nose or a small detail like the words on a page, a button on a shirt and more. These shots draw one into focus on a specific detail as well as clearly demonstrate the feeling in a subject.