IAT 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Long Shot, Medium Shot, Camera Angle
14 Sep 2016
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Provide information about the context and focus details. The need to match the shot to the scale of the information that has to be conveyed, ranging from intimate details to vast panoramas. The shot"s potential effect on viewers" identification with the people in the movie, who may elicit greater concern when shot more intimately. Consider what and where to place the elements to emphasize a center of interest. Keep the composition simple by using point, line, rhythm, scale, balance, rule of thirds, and color. Display the composition at an various line of version (the audience"s viewpoint) Set mood or tone and add emotional qualities to the composition. Straight angle, high angle, low angle, and tilted or canted angle. Refers to how far away or close we show on-screen an object or a person or how much territory a shot includes. Extreme long shot length (els) reveals the location without the character and establishes the setting.
