Monday, January 31, 2011

EXPLANATION OF SHOT TYPES

Wide Shot - Body Language
Medium Shot - interview, news reading
Close up - to show their emotions, focus on the character
Extreme close up - Often used in genres like horror movies, distort the charactersubject
Low angle - to create control or power
High angle - looking up at the character makes the other character powerful
http://sthildas.blackboard.com/bbcswebdav/courses/12-6260_R/shot-composition.jpg
The space around the subject creates a different meaning
Too Much Headroom - Sad - side profile, alienation
Too Little Headroom - Body movement, Mostly seen in rap music videos

LOW ANGLE SHOT

http://sthildas.blackboard.com/bbcswebdav/courses/12-6260_R/q3.jpg
Over her shoulder, its really dark and the lighting on the frog potrays (Good vs Evil) in both characters
 http://sthildas.blackboard.com/bbcswebdav/courses/12-6260_R/files%282%29.jpg
 LOW ANGLE & WIDE SHOT
 To give some other perspective, its a short, long and wide, shows the setting and how short the man is.
Visual Clues: to create the sense of the height, is based in a office, the man is trying to open up the carbinet.
"Loose talk is Noose talk" - Trying to escape from a mental institution, he's dressed in a while lab coat

MAD HATTER
http://sthildas.blackboard.com/bbcswebdav/courses/12-6260_R/mad%20hatter%281%29.jpg
MEDIUM, CLOSE SHOT
Focusing on the mad hatter's head, the close shot introduces the character and sets the shot
Props/costumes and makeup
Gloomy background
 http://sthildas.blackboard.com/bbcswebdav/courses/12-6260_R/man%282%29.jpg
 LOW ANGLE & MEDIUM SHOT
Visual Clues : War background, boss of the office, dressed in the old fashioned years
Overall meaning: He seems like he's thinking about the object he's holding
Emotions: Thinking, up to something

2 comments:

  1. Could not re-size the pictures as it was not working .

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  2. no worries....good effort in analysing the visual language of each piece... I look forward to your finished work

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