Understanding of camera shots

By Deepak Dosanjh

Extreme close up

• This shot gives us a close up of the main characters eyes. He is looking sternly away from the camera suggesting that he is not a friendly character. The fact he is the first character we see and they have used an ECU identified his importance.

Close up

• This close up clearly shows the emotions of this character. He looks deep in thought and not happy about whatever he his thinking about immediately setting the tone for the film. The close up also identifies his as a main character

Medium shot

• The medium shot here shows the costume of some of the characters. As there is a group we do not know if they are significant to the story or not but their costume hints to the genre of the film

Long shot• This long shot gives up some information about the

location of the film. We can see that it is an urban area. It is winter, we can see this by the snow. Again we see a group of men this time a larger group so we can start to get an idea again of the genre of the film.

Extreme long shot.

• The extreme long shot is ambiguous of the location but we can see that the area is an urban are. The city is therefore perhaps insignificant.

High angle shot• We are looking down on the main character

here as he is pumping weights. He is in a vulnerable position here but this is the fact he is lifting weights which signifies his strength.

Low angle shot• We aim slightly lower than eye level here showing we

are not on his level. He is important and powerful. This character has a dominated the scene so far which backs up this point.