51-03-CameraShots
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Camera shots & angles
Camera Shots & Angles
By Kent Millard amended by Jesse Thompson
6 Basic Camera Shots: Extreme long shot:
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000
Known as an establishing shot, and is done at the beginning of a scene to
provide the viewer with the context of the subsequent closer shots.
Most times is an exterior shot that shows much of the locale such as
architecture and local nature.
Provides a spatial frame of reference for closer shots.
Necessary to give the viewer a sene of location, time and space
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Camera Shots & Angles
amended from Kent Millard by Jesse Thompson
6 Basic Camera Shots: Long shot:
Kill Bill (Vol.1)
2003
Usually, long-shot ranges correspond approximately to the distance between
the audience and the stage in live theater.
Can also serve as an establishing shot.
Gives a sense of context and scenery
Camera Shots & Angles
By Kent Millard amended by Jesse Thompson
6 Basic Camera Shots: Full shot:
Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
1965
A type of long shot that includes the human body in full, with the head near
the top of the frame and the feet near the bottom
Useful for establishing size relationships between characters/objects
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Kent Millard
6 Basic Camera Shots: Medium shot:
Bridget Jones’s Diary
2001
A relatively close shot, revealing the human figure from the knees or waist up.
A functional shot that is used for carrying movement and for dialogue.
Variations include the two-shot, containing two-figures from the waist up; the
three-shot, containing three-figures; and the over-the-shoulder shot
containing two figures, one with part of his or her back to the camera while the
other faces the camera.
Camera Shots & Angles
Kent Millard amended by Jesse Thompson
6 Basic Camera Shots: Close-up:
The Incredibles
2004
A detailed view of a person or object. A close-up of an actor usually includes
only his or her head.
Shows very little if any locale and concentrates on a relatively small object the human face, for example.
Because it magnifies the size of an object, the close-up tends to elevate the
importance of things, often suggesting a symbolic significance.
Camera Shots & Angles
Kent Millard amended by Jesse Thompson
6 Basic Camera Shots: Extreme close-up:
Psycho
1960
A variation of the close-up shot.
A minutely detailed view of an object or person.
Instead of a face, the extreme close-up might show only a person’s eyes or
mouth.
Camera Shots & Angles
Kent Millard amended by Jesse Thompson
5 Basic Camera Angles: Bird’s-eye view:
Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance
1983
A shot in which the camera photographs a scene from directly overhead.
Since we seldom see things from this angle, filmmakers tend to avoid it
because it can be disorienting.
This angle can be highly expressive: It permits us to hover above a scene.
Reducing the importance of figures and objects like cars and houses making
them seem antlike and insignificant.
Camera Shots & Angles
Kent Millard amended by Jesse Thompson
5 Basic Camera Angles: High-angle shot:
North by Northwest
1959
A shot in which the subject is photographed from above.
Not as extreme and disorienting as a bird’s-eye view.
Viewers get a general overview of an area.
Reduces the height of objects and usually includes the ground or floor as
background.
Movement (in a film) is slowed down.
The importance of setting or environment is increased
A person seems harmless and insignificant when shot from above
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5 Basic Camera Angles: Eye-level shot:
The House that Dripped Blood
1970
The camera is placed approximately five to six feet from the ground,
corresponding to the height of an observer on the scene.
Used by filmmakers who believe that angles are too manipulative. Can give a
more theatrical staged feeling
Eye-level shots permit the audience make up our own minds about what kind
of people are being presented.
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Kent Millard amended by Jesse Thompson
5 Basic Camera Angles: Low-angle shot:
City of God
2002
A shot in which the subject is drawn or photographed from below.
Increases height and suggests the superiority of the subject and the
inferiority of the viewer who is made to feel insecure and dominated.
Environment is usually minimized and often the sky or a ceiling is the only
background
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5 Basic Camera Angles: Oblique angle:
Shallow Grave
1994
Drawn as if the shot was photographed by a tilted camera.
People look like they’re about to fall to one side.
Psychologically, oblique shots suggest tension, transition and impending
movement.
Camera Shots & Angles
Kent Millard amended by Jesse Thompson