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Landscape shots or "scene setters" establish setting.
Wide shots keep the object or subject in relation with the setting.
Medium shots give the subject or object more attention and emphasis.
Medium Close Up shots work halfway between M and CU shots.
Close Up shots give full attention and detail to object or subject in frame.
Extreme Close Up shots provide extreme detail.
Cutaway shots redirect the audience's attention. This is a must-have for editors.
Cut in shots supply different angles of the same object or subject.
Point-of-view shots create a first-person reality to video.
Optic shots capture light sources and provide visual creativity to our video.
Stills taken with Blackberry Playbook
Factoid for thought
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Are we still rolling?
Did you know the presence of a camera can
affect a person's behavior? The Hawthorne Effect
suggests that people will act a certain way when they feel
they are being watched. Documentary filmmaker Jean Rouch coined this interaction between people and cameras into a category of documentary filmmaking called Cinéma Vérité.
NBC’s ‘The Office’ satirizes work
life using a Cinéma Vérité style as seen with Jim Halpert's character.
AND THIS:
As we discuss a number of these techniques, remember to avoid "shooting the ducks". Your creativity should never be limited to what's around you. Go above and beyond to adjust in your surroundings!
Tilt
Zoom
Truck/Dolly
Pan
Your viewfinder is out in the open and you're ready to start filming. Those three basic rules we just discussed will now align with the ideas floating around in your head.
With the exception of television terminology, (Two-Shot, Three-Shot, Over-the-Shoulder, etc.) these are different types of camera angles we can use in any given setting: