Film Study (Camera techniques)

Language of film

Cinema uses shots shot sequences, scenes and dramatic sequences.
The language of cinema starts with the shot. In film and video a
shot is a series of still image frames that runs for an uninterrupted period of time.
Like a letter in written language the shot is the smallest piece of visual language.

     11 Camera Techniques in Film making
-Close up

When you take a photo close up

-Medium close up

Taking a photo close up but not as much

- Medium shot

Taking a photo the between far and close

- Mid Shot

Taking a photo in the middle of something

- Long wide shot

Where you take a photo from far

Extreme long shot

Form the head to the feet and showing the ground

Long angle shot

Head to waist but the camera is by your legs

High angle

Where you have your camera high

Eye level

Where your camera is at eye level

Over head

Where your camera is over your head