English Photos Task

For the last two periods of English we have been given two task to do.
The first one we had to do was a dictionary with all of the definitions of words which
I posted the other day. The second thing we had to do was get some photos of
different camera perspectives and then write down the definition of what they are.

• Extreme Close-up: An extreme close up is when someone will zoom in so

much that you can only see a certain area of the person or the object. So if

someone was to zoom in on the face it makes you focus on that one bit.  

• Close-Up: It is kinda like an extreme close up except you're not as close so

instead of being focused on the face of someone you could be more focused

on a whole person.

• Medium Close-Up: Usually will get the top half of the body and will show the

facial expression of the character but also leaves a couple of objects around

the outside of the person.  

• Medium Shot: It will usually get the character from the hips and up and leaves

quite a lot objects in the background.

• Medium Long Shot: This shot usually gets the character from there knees and

up. It is usually used when there are between 2-3 people in the shot. This also shows some objects around the outside to help relate with the character. 

  

• Long (wide) Shot: This is usually used to place a person or two in a

relationship with there surroundings and shows the whole person in the shot. 

• Extreme Long-Shot: in a lot of extreme long shots it is so far away that people

usually appear as little dots. This can sometimes be used to show how big something is that they are standing next to for example you could have someone standing next to or on the pyramids.

 

• Low Angle: A low angle is a shot that is taken from either very close to the

ground or it could be on the ground at the person's feet facing up at them.

An example of this could be a person is in a room and there is a mouse it

could then show the mouse's perspective looking up at the person.  

 

• High Angle: A high angle shot is the opposite of a low angle shot so instead

of it being close to the ground it would be higher in the air and usually people

would be looking up at the sky. In film this can help make the scene more dramatic

if someone is standing up high above someone. 

• Eye Level: An eye level shot is when a camera is placed at the same level as

your eyes. But in this shot you do not have to be able to see the eyes of the

character and the person does not need to be looking directly at the camera for it to

be an eye level shot.  

Birds Eye View: A birds eye view shot is usually used to show a big area by

someone standing up somewhere high which is overlooking the area that you want

to get the picture of.

Dutch Tilt: A dutch tilt shot is a shot that is taken on an angle instead of being

straight up. When this happens it is usually focused on the face of a person or the

upper body. 

Pan: A pan shot is used to show a large area that is usually quite wide and

long as well. An example of this could be at the start of a football match where you

could start the shot at one end and then end the shot at the other end. 

• Tilt: A tilt shot is a shot where they will use an upright camera which is able to

move up and down vertically. This could be used when someone is nodding there

head up and down and the camera would follow the motion. 

• Tracking: A tracking shot is any shot where the camera follows an object or a

person in the direction they are moving. This could be up, left, right and also down. 

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• Point of View: A point of view shot is usually used to show that the character is looking at something and focusing on it. An example of this could be that there is an animal on the ground and then it swaps to the animals perspective which shows the person looking down on it. 

• Over the shoulder: This shot is positioned to look like it is either sitting on the shoulder of the person or it could be behind the person showing there shoulder and a part of there head. This shot is usually used in a conversation.

• Mise En Scene: It is the way that people stand on the stage and what places they are standing. This is usually used for a theatre or film production.

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