Using The Camera

Camera Work

Establishing shot

This shows the whole scene, all subjects/elements are in the shot, which then establishes a setting. Most likely to be a long shot.

Medium shot

Action shot, generally from the waist up, a shot where you are able to identify with a subject or character.

Close up

Head and shoulders shot; the emotion shot; an expression shot; the detail shot, the reaction shot. Used to signify importance or emotion.

Extreme close up

Only a part of the face or body or element fills the whole shot. Usually dominates the screen.







Aerial shot

Very high camera angle shot downwards towards the subject from a building, ladder or balcony. 

Two shot

Generally a profile shot of 2 people facing, normally engaging in conversation, Used to establish the relationship between them.

The 180-degree rule

An invisible line in filming, which the camera does not cross. Establishing such a line prevents audiences from becoming disorientated, as they always see action and setting from a particular perspective.

Editing Work

Cut
The common transition used to create a sense of continuity and realism.
Cross Cutting
The editing technique of alternating or interweaving one narrative to another. 
Cutaway
A brief shot that momentarily interrupts a continuously-filmed action, by briefly inserting another related action, which is then followed by a cut back to the original shot.

We will be using the Imovie software to do the editing for our film.