Movement, Shots, and Angles

1. Rhetorical Analysis of Media Movement, Shots, and Angles

2. What is the story being told here?

3. Mise-En-Scene • Pronounced “mees-ahn-sahn” - ick • Translation: “put in the scene” • Everything that goes into a shot • NOT editing/post-production

4. Let’s see another great example… • Pay close attention: • Mise-en-scene • How does this scene play out? • Why? • What elements help support the story?

5. Movement • Early cameras were fixed, but today they move.

6. Zoom • The movement of an image only through the lens • The camera doesn’t move, but the lens does. • Allows the audience to move toward and away from images. • Zoom IN & Zoom OUT

7. Pan versus Tilt • Each features movement along ONE axis • PAN: The camera pivots left or right, left to right, or right to left on a horizontal axis

8. Pan versus Tilt • Each features movement along ONE axis • TILT: The camera pivots up or down on a vertical axis

9. Boom or Crane Shot • The camera moves through the air • The camera is lifted vertically with a boom or crane

10. Shot • A single length of film produced by continuous running of the camera • Can be as short as one frame (example from The Graduate?) or as long as an entire film! Time Code

11. Tracking Shot • Also known as a “dolly” shot : each named for the mechanical devices used in filmmaking

13. Tracking Shot • Camera follows action through space • The entire camera moveshorizontally with, toward, or away from the subject • Subject = focal point (character, object, landscape, etc.)

14. Some Famous Tracking Shots • A Touch of Evil: Orson Welles, 1958 • Boogie Nights: Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997

15. Two Great Tracking Shots! 2006 - Alfonso Cuaron (Y tu Mama Tambien, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)

16. Shot Size • Shots are defined by the size of the subject within the film frame. • A LOT can happen in one shot. • The size of a subject can vary within a single shot.

17. Long Shot • Shows the entire figure

18. Close Up • Part of the subject takes up much of the entire screen

19. Medium Shot • The midpoint between long and close up • It shows the body from about the waist up

20. Extreme Close Up • Part of the subject takes up all of the entire screen

21. Medium Close Up • Mid-point between Medium shot and Close up

22. Extreme Long Shot • Subject is fully seen in the distance of the shot

23. Camera Angles • Camera is usually at eye level, but can vary for particular effect • Often Objective POV (though can be Subj. or Indirect-Subj.) • Offers “normal” view of the world

24. High Angle • High angle - taken from above subject • The Shining (1980) • What effect does this image have on the audience?

25. Low Angle • Low angle - taken from below subject • Equilibrium (2002) • What effect does this image have on the audience?

26. Add the word “EXTREME”… • EXTREME HIGH ANGLE: • Pink Floyd’s The Wall (1982)

27. Add the word “EXTREME”… • EXTREME LOWANGLE: • The Shining (1980)

28. The Camera is your FRIEND! Think about how you can manipulate it to striking effect in your own movie!