CCT353H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Master Shot, Cutting Board, Storyboard
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A documentation of a routine or a new event someone is going through (following someone through their process) Ex. cashier - wake up, get ready, walk, at work, finish work, go home, sleep. In order to achieve a balanced visual story, we need a variety of shot types referred to as coverage . All the stuff you see when the person is not on camera. Coverage - the visual language showing the story. Sometimes it happens at the same time. Tell a story visually in sequence - what is he doing, closer. Shot types: master/establishing shot - sets up and asks that question, where are we; it helps orient the view. Have the right about of equipment to achieve these shots. Shot type abbreviations: master shot = master, wide shot = ws, medium shot - ms, medium close-up = mcu, close-up = cu, extreme close-up = ecu. Everything is or has the potential to be a scene!