Movement,_Shots,_and_Angles
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Rhetorical Analysis of Media
MOVEMENT, SHOTS, AND ANGLES
What is the story being told here?
Mise-En-Scene
Pronounced
“mees-ahn-sahn” - ick
Translation:
“put in the scene”
Everything that goes
into a shot
NOT editing/postproduction
Let’s see another great example…
Pay close attention:
Mise-en-scene
How does this scene
play out?
Why?
What elements help
support the story?
Movement
Early cameras were fixed, but today they
move.
Zoom
The movement of an image only through the lens
The camera doesn’t move, but the lens does.
Allows the audience to move toward and away from
images.
Zoom IN & Zoom OUT
Pan versus Tilt
Each features movement along ONE axis
PAN: The camera pivots left or right, left to
right, or right to left on a horizontal axis
Pan versus Tilt
Each features
movement along ONE
axis
TILT: The camera pivots
up or down on a
vertical axis
Boom or Crane Shot
The camera moves through the air
The camera is lifted vertically with a boom or
crane
Shot
A single length of film produced by
continuous running of the camera
Can be as short as one frame (example from
The Graduate?) or as long as an entire film!
Time Code
Tracking Shot
Also known as a “dolly” shot : each named for
the mechanical devices used in filmmaking
Tracking Shot
Camera follows action through space
The entire camera moves horizontally with,
toward, or away from the subject
Subject = focal point (character, object,
landscape, etc.)
Some Famous Tracking Shots
A Touch of Evil: Orson Welles, 1958
Boogie Nights: Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997
Two Great Tracking Shots!
2006 - Alfonso Cuaron
(Y tu Mama Tambien, Harry Potter and the
Prisoner of Azkaban)
Shot Size
Shots are defined by the size of the subject
within the film frame.
A LOT can happen in one shot.
The size of a subject can vary within a single
shot.
Long Shot
Shows the entire figure
Close Up
Part of the subject takes up much of the
entire screen
Medium Shot
The midpoint between long and close up
It shows the body from about the waist up
Extreme Close Up
Part of the subject takes up all of the entire
screen
Medium Close Up
Mid-point between Medium shot and Close up
Extreme Long Shot
Subject is fully seen in the distance of the shot
Camera Angles
Camera is usually at eye level, but can vary
for particular effect
Often Objective POV (though can be Subj. or
Indirect-Subj.)
Offers “normal” view of the world
High Angle
High angle - taken from above subject
The Shining (1980)
What effect does this image have on the
audience?
Low Angle
Low angle - taken from below subject
Equilibrium (2002)
What effect does this image have on the
audience?
Add the word “EXTREME”…
EXTREME HIGH ANGLE:
Pink Floyd’s The Wall (1982)
Add the word “EXTREME”…
EXTREME LOWANGLE:
The Shining (1980)
The Camera is your FRIEND!
Think about how you can
manipulate it to striking effect
in your own movie!