COMM 3700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Medium Shot, Establishing Shot, Camera Operator
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Set 9 take place in one setting in a continuous time period. A scene or series of scenes that make up the unit. Doesn"t have to be a uniform setting, but it needs to make a conceptual whole. Single shot one camera take, may be wide and cut between many shot. Several shots different camera angles, more than one take set up moving the camera to a new angle or different spot. Refers to each section of new footage from start to stop. May function as an establishing shot or wide shot. Wide/long shot far away from the subject and head to toe. If it refers to landscape, it is referred to as wide shot. Close up shows the detail of the scene. For people it is the head and shoulder shot. Two button close-up face to the second button of the shirt. Angle/reverse hand shot used specifically in conversation shots with ots shots of each speaker and then switched.