Learning About Camera Angles - Kim Bradbury

Extreme Long Shot – Allows you to look at the backgroud making it as important as the person in it.

 

Long Shot – Shows all of the person and most of the surroundings. This is used to show the whole person and can show where they are going and what they are doing.

Medium Long Shot – the character is filmed from the waist up and also includes the surroundings.

Medium Close Shot – the setting can still be seen and the frame line passes through the chest of the actor. This can show emotion.

Medium Close Up – The setting around her can still be seen as the lower frame line passes through the chest of the person, this is used to enhance the image of the person and to emphises their actions and what is around them.

Close Up – this usually includes the neck and allows you to focus on the actors emotion.

 

Big Close Up – this is shot from forehead to chin, this could focus on the person’s emotions and attention to their reactions to what another character has just said. This could be used in interveiws showing excitement greif and joy

 

Extreme Close Up – Shows real emotion and can be used to frighten the audience. It’s taken from the forehead to mouth, and you feel that you are getting into their personal space. This gives variety to the shots.

Low – makes the actor seem taller and could be used to make the character seem more important. This is done by emphisising them from below.    
        

Eye Level – shows the person as if you were looking at them giving the audience a feeling of real life. Shows like Eastenders have this angle for most of the programmes because it makes you feel as though you are a part of what is going on.

 

High – makes the actor seem smaller and make you feel as though you are standing over them. It could be used to make the person who is being filmed from a high angle shot to feel more inferior.

Worm’s Eye – makes the doctors seem bigger and more important. This also allows the audience to feel as though they are the ones on the operating table.

Canted – this is of a fight scene, which emphases the action giving differentiation as well compared to other shots and angles normally used.

Bird’s Eye – this gives a romantic setting, allowing veiwers to see the actors from above. In this situation the couple are lying down so you can see them fully.