different forms of media have different media languages,
the way the camera is focused controls where the watcher is drawn to on the screen, if the camera focuses on something then unfocused onto something else your eyes are drawn to look at that specific thing. Also different angles help with what you see and the the meaning of the shot. for close up shots there is needed to be a focus point for definition and purpose.
EDIT
Editing is what stitches your camera work together. Editing is important as it brings the effect of your film together making it how you want it. You need it to create effect.
- EDIT ON ACTION
- EDIT ON A MATCHING SHAPE, COLOUR, THEME
- EDIT ON A LOOK, A GLANCE, EYELINE
- EDIT ON A SOUND BRIDGE
- EDIT ON A CHANGE OF SHOT SIZE
- EDIT ON A CHANGE OF SHOT CAMERA POSITION (+30′)
montages allow you to express things, such as emotion.
logical shot progression
- establishing shot / ES, moving to
- wide shot / WS,
- to medium shot / MS,
- to close up / CU,
- to big close up / BCU;
- and then back out again
- parallel editing: two events editing together – so that they may be happening at the same time, or not?
- flashback / flash-forward – allowing time to shift
- High angle / Low angle / bulls-eye / birds eye / canted angle
- Tracking / Panning / Craning / Tilting / Hand held / Steadicam
- Establishing Shot / Long Shot / Medium Shot / Close-up / Big Close-Up / Extreme Close Up-SCALE, SIZE & SPACE
- Insert Shot
- AESTHETIC QUALITY
- SPACE, TIME, DISTANCE, MOVEMENT, MOTIVATION, PLOT, THEME
shot reverse shot
usually used to make it look as if two people are having a conversation.