In cinematography, a low-angle shot, is a shot from a camera angle positioned low on the vertical axis, anywhere below the eye line, looking up. Sometimes, it is even directly below the subject’s feet. Psychologically, the effect of the low-angle shot is that it makes the subject look strong and powerful.
High-angle shot
A high-angle shot is a cinematic technique where the camera looks down on the subject from a high angle and the point of focus often gets “swallowed up”. High-angle shots can make the subject seem vulnerable or powerless when applied with the correct mood, setting, and effects
Eye-Level Shot
The eye level shot is exactly what it sounds like: the cinematographer positions the camera angle directly at the eye level of the character. The subject is usually captured from the knees to the head, with very little surrounding context.
During our project there was many times that reshooting was needed due to either me or Noah laughing or one of us being in the back of a shot which we shouldn’t be in or just not being ready or not being told that we were filming.
For next time I believe it would be better if we got counted in as we knew when the shot was being recorded
The extreme close-up shot is traditionally used in film to allow the viewer to enter the character’s intimate space, revealing certain characteristics and emotions that would otherwise go unnoticed from afar.
Extreme Long Shot
In film, a view of a scene that is shot from a considerable distance, so that people appear as indistinct shapes. An extreme long shot, on the other hand, is a shot that frames the character or subject from a distance and focuses primarily on their surroundings. This shot is often used as an establishing shot for location or setting, before focusing on the character or scene
Medium Shot
The medium shot, sometimes also called a mid-shot or waist shot, is a film shot that stretches from around the waist (or sometimes the knees) of a subject up to their head. (Sometimes people also use it to refer to full-length views.) The director of photography uses a medium shot to clearly show the actor’s face and emotions while still informing the audience of what’s going on in the world around them.
I think our filming in our Joker project could’ve been better planned out, as we found ourselves making up shots we needed and wanting to refilm lots of shots in order to help our editing come together.
My editing too could’ve been better planned alongside the filming, as this would’ve created a more thought-out production.
