Shot types to Include

Shot Types


Shot types are a vital way to tell the story and help the audience understand who has prevalence and significant characters stand out from the majority. There are a number of shots, these are:#

1. The first camera shot I will be looking at is the Extreme Close Up Shot. This shot is focused on a specific detail of a person such as the eyes but it doesn't show the whole face. We are going to use this shot in our opening two minutes when the "Boss" is speaking. This gives a sense of mysteriousness and people would like to know who this person really is.

This shot is in Kill Bill and is used to identify a stand off and increase suspense.

2. My next shot is the Close Up Shot. This shot is less zoomed in than the extreme close up as you can show the face as opposed to a specific detail. The close up shot is used to show emotion. We will use this shot to show the commotion on the face of the victim.

This character above is known as the Joker and he is the villain in Batman "the Dark Knight." The close up shot is used onn him to show his lack of expression and emphasise his trademark "Why so serious?"

3. The third shot type is the Medium shot  This shot is used to help the audience always be aware of the setting possibly because something may happen. In our movie, we will have the victim in a medium shot with a garage visible. This is important because he will later get thrown into that garage door.

Here we've got a medium shot to remind us that there has been a murder in this room and a medium shot helps the audience remember this without taking any prevalence away from him.

4. My fourth shot is a long shot. This is used to establish the setting and characters thus the long shot is also known as the Establishing shot. A long shot shows the person from top to bottom thus exposing more of the setting. We will try to use this shot to establish the alleyway and introduce the villains.

We see a long shot which helps establish the four characters and help the audience identify that thy will play some part in the movie and we also see the setting which tells me that they live together.

7. An extreme long shot focuses on where the movie will be set and is best used at the start of the movie or if the scene is changing. A good example of this is all three of the rush hour movies where they move from one country to another and that is where we see an extreme long shot.

This will be a extreme long shot for a movie set in Hollywood or even Los Angles.

                                       
6. I will now look at the low angled shot and its main purpose is to offer more prevalence to a character. We will use by making the villain look bigger than the victim thus meaning that he is the more important character in the movie.

This shot is a low angle shot and offers more prevalence to the bigger character and makes him seem more powerful.

6. Now we will  look at a high angle shot which is used to make a character look powerless and vulnerable. 

Here is a high angle shot of an individual looking up in a scared way to support the idea that he is weak and vulnerable.