MAC 146 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Crane Shot, Cinematic Techniques, Tracking Shot
2 Feb 2017
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Aerial shot: bird"s eye view, from up above. Crane shot: camera is mounted on a crane. Dutch-angle shot: also known as canted angle shot, camera is shot at a tilted angle (oblique angle) High-angle shot: subject is filmed from above. Low-angle shot: subject is filmed from below. Point-of-view shot: shot from perspective of character. Steadicam shot: handheld shot taken with a balancing camera apparatus. Superimposition: two images imposed on top of each other. Tracking shot: following shot, follows the action. Depth of field: the area in front of the camera where everything looks sharp and in focus. Can be altered by not only focusing on the main subject. There is always less depth of field in front of the point of focus than. Rack focus shot behind it: adjusting depth of field, done with camera lens, shift or twist lens to change focus. Creates shift in attention or shift in what"s in focus.
