CAMERA SHOTS By: Wanangwe Josephine 23rd January 2015 Email: josephinewanangwe@gmail.com Moi University. INTRODUCTION Cinema is a visual medium and thus it should communicate or tell a story to its audience through the use of sound‚ lighting‚ editing‚ and the camera together to create an illusion of reality. These are the elements that a video editor uses to realize the filmmakers dream from script to screen. Shots are an important part of camerawork that are used to send messages to the audience
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common types of shots‚ framing and picture composition. The list below briefly describes the most common shot types (click the images for more details). Notes: The exact terminology varies between production environments but the basic principles are the same. Shots are usually described in relation to a particular subject EWS (Extreme Wide Shot) The view is so far from the subject that he isn’t even visible. Often used as an establishing shot. Very Wide Shot VWS (Very Wide Shot) The subject
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Camera Shots A camera shot is the amount of space that is seen in one shot or frame. Camera shots are used to demonstrate different aspects of a film’s setting‚ characters and themes. As a result‚ camera shots are very important in shaping meaning in a film. Reviewing the examples on the right hand side of this page should make the different camera shots clearer. An extreme long shot (animation on right) contains a large amount of landscape. It is often used at the beginning of a scene or a film
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used varieties of shots included wide‚ medium‚ tight‚ creative shots. So‚ the viewers can maintain the attention to the news‚ and these shootings made the news clear and understandable. • (Evidence of wide‚ medium‚ tight and creative shots) I could see the wide shot when they show us the place which the burgarly happened. So‚ they shot the town including street and building so that viewers recognize the place. In addition‚ when they told the story about dog‚ they used wide shot. We could see inside
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The Castaway The short story‚ ‘The Castaway’ follows the journey of a young orphan‚ Nilakanta‚ or “the castaway” as he seeks to win the affection of Kiran‚ the lady of the house he has been given shelter. Nilakanta is a troubled young boy‚ and beaten by his previous master has led an unsettled life. This life has had an impact on him and his personality‚ not allowing it to grow to its full potential but instead “traps him in a half-boy‚ half-man state”-as mentioned in this story‚ “if it was about
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“CASTAWAY”- NEEDS AND WANTS Needs and wants are defined by many different things. Needs are considered the things that are necessary for an individual to survive or to reach their personal purpose in life. On the other hand a want is a desire to have or do something. Throughout the film ‘Castaway’ by the director Robert Zemeckis‚ the theme of satisfying needs and wants as well as using resources in order to survive is portrayed in many various ways by the main character Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks)
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Man with The Movie Camera: Shot Change constructs a New Perspective Avant Garde Film Midterm 11\3\95 Question #4 Time was used by Vertov as an important factor in editing as well as in the daily lives of humans. With editing he utilized the essence of time to his advantage. Vertov wanted a certain rhythm of cuts to exist in the movie. He desired a choppy effect. The cameras‚ themselves‚ were supposed to produce a rithym in movements‚ too. The point was he wanted to make
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demonstrated in movies. Topics like adapting to new environments and changes‚ the culture in early societies and more fundamental ideas like human interaction and communication. The first film that I thought brought up a lot of themes from the class was Castaway. The general premise of the movie that a man becomes stranded on a deserted island and must attempt to survive there. He comes to the island as a stressed business man that is more concerned with his job than with his family. However‚ once on the
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dejection. Once his mentally ill mother gave up her parental rights Robbie held out hope that his wealthy paternal relatives would adopt him. Their rejection cut him to the quick and plunged him into a state of desperation during his teen years. Castaway Kid chronicles the autobiographical reflections of author R.B. Mitchell‚ who spent nearly his entire childhood in care within an orphanage. Writing in simple‚ strikingly transparent prose‚ Mitchell lays bare the wounds created by repeated abandonment
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In the movie Castaway‚ Tom Hanks plays the role of Chuck Noland. This movie is about Chuck’s life‚ after he has been stranded on an island alone for many years. Chuck gets a large perspective on natural resources and how to survive with them. Chuck uses nature’s tree branches‚ a cave‚ and ocean waves for good in order to survive alone on the island. After Chuck’s plane has crashed he finds himself alone‚ stranded on an island. This first scene on the island is of a revolving camera moving around
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