AS MEDIA STUDIES

CAMERA WORK

A shot, often outside, that indicates where action will take place.

Friends

This shots shows extreme detail

The Blair Witch Project

bomb timer

A shot where the subject is framed from the waist up

Hardest to define, but loosely, will involve seeing a person in full focus

Mission Impossible

Usually outside, can be from up to half a mile away

When … people are in the shot.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Lethal Weapon 3

A shot from behind a person looking at another person.

Half way between a mid shot and a close up.

The camera operator stays still and the camera moves to follow action, or often a moving object like a vehicle.

A shot from behind a person looking at another person.

Using heliocopters or planes to provide an extreme….

Showing a … view of a scene.

close-up, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buffy looking unhappy

the same scene, but …

A shot that is used at the beginning or end of ‘sections’.

The Weakest Link

From below the actor or set.

CANTED ANGLE

Using a … or similar to create medium high angle.

TILT SHOT

DOLLY SHOT

ZOOM

REVERSE ZOOM

Where the camera operator moves alongside the action.

STEADICAM

HAND-HELD

Using a piece of set or scenary to … a shot.

RULE OF THIRDS

DEPTH OF FIELD

DEEP & SHALLOW FOCUS

FOCUS PULLS

Camera shot as if through the eyes of the protagonist.

ACTIVITY