Our Camera Angles Journal
By Joey Patterson and David Rasmussen
Extreme Wide Shot
Usually used in the beginning of a scene or movie, used to help the viewer to get the feel of the surroundings.
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Very Wide Shot
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Wide Shot
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http://www.edb.utexas.edu/resources/team/images/long.jpg
Medium Shot
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Medium Close Up
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Close Up
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Birds Eye View
This is an angle used to make the subject seem small and powerless, usually used in fight scenes to show that one side is weaker.
Picture:http://www.designboom.com/weblog/images/images_2/leigha/katrin/4.jpg
Over The Shoulder
This method of filming is used to make the viewer feel like there in the conversation them self.
Worms Eye View
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Variety Of Angles!!!!!
Rules Of Third
The Rules of Thirds is that you need to have the subject or object off focus in the middle of the screen or shot. The way you find if you have the subject or object in the right spot is if you divide the shot into 9 even squares like in the picture above. The way you tell if you took a good picture or not is if the subject or object of focus is in the square in the middle.
Picture: http://images.pcworld.com/images/article/2012/03/thirds-11333490.jpg
Our Commercial
The angles used in this commercial are the wide shot, the very wide shot, and a few close ups. The wide shot is used to show only a few people in the group. The very wide shot is used to show the whole playground and the entire group of kids. The closeups were used when an individual was doing his or her part. The Close Ups helped by showing the emphasis of how the characters were talking, after the characters talked the camera went to a Wide Shot to show the entire group and their reaction. The Camera placement was all from one side though. The angle at the end of the commercial was a wide shot of the man in the spandex.