Camera Composition and Basics of making a video

Camera Angles

Birdseye View

This Birdseye shot establishes some of the scene, but not all. The main focus of this shot is to focus on the props and to establish the amount of characters within the scene. Despite the shot type, the characters in the scene don't look venerable.




Mid Shot

This Mid Shot shows a woman holding a photograph. This not only shows some detail within the but also shows some of the context behind the scene. This shows some background around the woman and also shows her body language which may show her emotions.




Close up
This Close Up shot of the detective expresses his emotion. From this shot we can see that he is determined and quite intimidating.





Extreme Close Up

This Extreme Close Up shot shows a lot of detail within the props. These types of shots are usually used to portray emotions by only framing the eyes and mouth in the shot. This scene uses this shot however to gain a lot of detail on a prop to gain a heightened knowledge on the context of the scene.


Two Shot

Script - A Written form of a Media Text such as a Film. Would include descriptive text, stage directions, camera angles and directions, Mise-En-Scene and also speech.

Film makers use a veriety of different camera angles to do a multitude of things within a film or show. One of these things would be to capture the Mise-en-Scene of the entire scene. Another would be to create a believable verisimilitude within the scene and environment. Certain Camera Angles would be used to gain a better perspective of the characters within the text. An Over The Shoulder shot may be used to do this. Other Camera Angles, such as a high angle shot, would be used to show the characters status and/or importance within the film or programme. These are used to make the genre of the film or show believable and realistic to viewers and to also allow for a successful escapism aspect for the audience to the film.