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With different shots each of them shots do certain things. It creates an atmosphere and a mood when taking each of the shots. It also sets the location. This allows the audience to know what's happening. Certain shots do certain things. t hings. A director  uses a variety of camera shots when making a film or video to add atmosphere and create a specific mood for the narrative.

CAMERA SHOT/ANGLES

Mid-shot – Mid-shot – a mid-shot may often follow from a long shot. Provides the audience with a view of the character waist and upwards. By using a mid-shot the director  is enabling the audience to become more familiar with their character and their  motivations in the narrative as they are now able to see the characters facial expression and body language in more detail.

Wide Shot - this is where the subject takes up the full frame-This is used to see the subject and its surroundings. This enables the audience to see what other action is

C l o s e u p  - A certain feature or part of the subject takes up the whole frame.

In a close-up, you would find the characters head to shoulders with very little background in the frame. This enables the director to focus more tension of the

  Aerial shots are usually done with a A r i e l S h o t -  Aerial crane or with a camera attached to a special helicopter to view large landscapes. An Aerial Aerial shot will have everything in the frame due to the

O v e r Th T h e S h o u l d e r S h o t -  this is

looking from behind someone’s shoulder at the subject. It is usually used when two people are in a conversation.

Extreme Long Shot -The -The subject takes up the full frame or at least as much possible. It is usually an exterior shot which establishes the time and location of the production. Any characters in the shot may  just be visible to the audience, important often used at the start of the production to provide the audience with the important information regarding the setting of the story line. It also enables the audience to see the character from head to toe in the frame. This shot also allows the audience to understand the relationship between the character and their environment.

T w o - S h o t  - A shot of two people,

framed similarly to a mid shot. s hot. In a twoshot, the two people in the frame f rame are interacting with each other which expresses their relationship between them. It is often oft en used in TV chat shows.

- Shows a view from Poin t of View  View  the subject's perspective. close up shot is a referent of a POV shot, the purpose of the shot is to engage with the character’s motives. This allows the audience to feel part of a charater perspective in which it also creates this sense of  atmosphere and mood. For  examples in horror movies, there are many shots in which it’s a POV shot. Walking around, the camera moving sidewards as your head does. Everything you see in the frame is what you and the character  can see, making you feel connected with the character so you can understand more.

H i g h A n g l e s h o t  - a high angle

shot is usually when the camera is located above the eye line. A high angle shows allows the audience to see the object or the characters in the frame from a certain perspective. However as it’s an high angle shot, there is a sense of  mood and power to it, as in the shot it portrays the significance of  the character.

L o w A n g l e Sh Sh o t - A   shot taken

from a low position looking upwards, often using a wide-angle lens to exaggerate perspective. This shot similar to high angle show allows the audiene see the charater in a different way, not with the close ups and emotions but with the sense of power. The low angle proves that the character or  object in the frame is much greater  and must be shown big.

C an an t e d A n g l e -  

Sometimes the camera is tilted to suggest imbalance, transition and instability . This technique is used to suggest POINT-OF-View POINT-OF-View shots.

Shallow and Deep Focus  – both of  these different types of focuses can mean different things, this is on how much focus you put towards the object or character. If an object or  character is in front and has more relevance to it than the other things in the frame then the object will stand out more due to the rest of  the frame blurring out, similar to deep focus, it lets the important object or character at the back be more in focus for the audience than other things in the frame.

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