Friday 14 October 2011

SHOT TYPES

CLOSE UPS - A shot within a film in which the subject is tightly framed and shown at a relatively larger scale
EXTREME CLOSE UPS - Similar to a close up however extreme close up are mainly used on significant objects within the film
OPENING TITLE/LOGO - This can be reference to the production company who made the film, but also the opening sequence of many films which gives detail of the actors/actress' or any other important information
TEXT - Text is predominantly shown through in order to assist the visual, as well as offering knowledge and information to the viewer, which is frequently reinforced by the film footage
RULE OF THIRDS - A normative rule that an image should be mentally or representationally divided in three horizontally and diagonally, and that the focus of the image should not be in the center of the resulting shape

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