Final cinematography notes
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EX
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Contains a vast amount of scenery.
This is usually used to establish the setting.
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LO
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SH
OT
Contains a sufficient amount of landscape, that establishes a more elaborate setting.
Used to demonstrate where the action will occur.
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MED
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SH
OT
Displays the upper half of a character’s body.
Used to define a more clear picture of a character.
Also referred to as the social shot.
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CLO
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P
Displays only the face of the character.
This allows the emotions of the character to convey to the audience
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EX
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Shows a part of a character’s face or an object
Intensifies the mood of the audience
Commonly used in horror films
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BIR
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IEW
Looks directly down upon a scene
Used along with long shot, to establish a setting.
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HIG
H A
NG
LE
When the camera looks down upon a subject
It makes a character appear vulnerable
Commonly used to show a character’s perspective
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EY
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EL
This angle is basically face-to-face. Keeping contact with the characters to make the viewers feel as if they are part of the story.
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LO
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NG
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A low angle shot is a shot from an angle below form the vertical axis.
Anywhere below the eye looking up.
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OB
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Suggest an imbalance, the camera is not placed horizontal to floor level. It also suggest instability.
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CR
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A crane shot is a shot that is taken on a crane. The most obvious uses are to view the actors from above or to move up or away from them.
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PA
NS
The horizontal rotation of the camera. The camera refers to someone shaking their head “no”.
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TILT
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The vertical rotation of the camera as if the viewer is nodding.
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DO
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The dolly zoom is an unsetting in camera effect that appears to undermine normal visual perception.
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HA
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Hand-held is a technique in which the camera is held in the camera operator’s hand as oppose to being mounted on a tri-pod or any other base.