Own Camera Shots Task

In this task my group explored the camera shots that were possible to do with the camera and the stand. We each took it in turn to either film or pose in the frame. Our first shot was a close up shot of Elliot's face. This shot is used to show reactions of the character and also can give sense of emotion or the severity of the situation in which the character finds themself. The next shot we did was a pan of a medium long shot. This shot shows us more of the character and as the pan moves across we get to see some of the surroundings in which the character is in. This is known as the setting. After this we did a long shot which is similar to the medium long shot but we did not use a pan and the character is more exposed as we get to see more of them and the background scenery. We also did some shots on a stairwell where we kept the character in place for one and panned it for another. After this my group also did a dutch angle shot of Elliot's face which can give a slight sense of unease to the audience and is seen as an unusual angle so their could be an unusual activity or event about to occur.

This exercise gave me and my group an insight in to how to use a camera and what angles and shot are possible to achieve with certain props used to help the camera. These shots and some others that we did not film may be used in the preliminary task to follow as it can give variety to the video and can also help us to achieve any scenes we have created in our minds.