Unit 22 : single camera techniques

26th of September 

Platforms for screening camera productions:

Television
Cinema
Interactive digital platforms
Film festivals

Series
Big Band Theory 
Single drama
Doctor Who
Crime drama genre
Soap Opera genre
Eastenders
Sitcom/Comedy
Linear narrative
Nonlinear narrative
Multistrand narrative
  • Open ending narrative
Closed ending narrative
Realist narrative
Anti-realist narrative


The importance of camera angles 
  • The director now has some decisions to make; what to show and how?
  • Story means certain things needs to be shown on screen but director has control
  • If the director wants the audience to see where the scene is set then we would use extreme long shots 
  • Framing, two elements: shot size and camera angle 
Shot size

Extreme long shot - XLS
Long shot - LS
Medium long shot - MLS 
Mid shot - MS
Mid close up - MCU
Close up - CU
Big close up - BCU
Extreme close up - ECU


1. Extreme long shot 
This shot is used to make a intense and dramatic feel to the scene as whats in the background is seen as something of destruction and it has crashed and broken







2. Long shot                         
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This shot is used to show all the characters and we can see that they are all lined up and waiting for something. It gives us an idea of the setting and showing off key characters and showing off their costume

3. Medium long shot 
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This shot is used to show the waist up of a character in a film/series and its used well to show body language 

4. Medium shot 
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This shot shows the top half of the character and its used quite a lot when its just one person talking or in a conversation. Shows what kind of role the character plays 

5. Medium close up 
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1. Over the shoulder shot 
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