Photography-Everything about shots and Movements.

There are many types of shot. These pictures have been taken on campus and the rest in london. Some of which are;

• Big Close Up:

• Extreme close up: This is a very zoomed in shot that captures one feature at a time only.

• Mid shot: This captures Half of your body from your waist up.

• Over the shoulder shot: This is the view over someones shoulder.

• Wide shot/long shot: This is a totally zoomed out shot and is taken from a lot of distance.

• Low angle shot: Something on the top is captured from a very low surface.

• High angle shot: A picture that is captured from a very high angle and which makes an object look very small.

• Mid close up:

• cut away shot: A shot of something other than the subject

• Point of view shot: Shows a view from the subject’s perspective.

Types of Camera Movements:    

Pan: In photography, panning refers to the rotation in a horizontal plane of a still camera or videocamera. Panning a camera results in a motion similar to that of someone shaking their head from side to side or of an aircraft moving into a different angle.

Tilt: Tilting is a cinematographic technique in which the camera is stationary and rotates in a vertical plane (or tilting plane). A rotation in a horizontal plane is known as panning.

Crane: In filmmaking and video production, a crane shot is a shot taken by a camera on a crane or jib. The most obvious uses are to view the actors from above or to move up and away from them, a common way of ending a movie.

Zoom: The camera is mounted on a cart which travels along tracks for a very smooth movement. Also known as a tracking shot or trucking shot. Dolly Zoom. A technique in which the camera moves closer or further from the subject while simultaneously adjusting the zoom angle to keep the subject the same size in the frame.

Dolly: A camera dolly is a specialized piece of filmmaking and television production equipment designed to create smooth camera movements (cinematic techniques). The camera is mounted to the dolly and the camera operator and focus puller or camera assistant usually ride on the dolly to operate the camera.

Arc: The camera moves in a rough semi-circle around the subject. Some definitions of the arc shot describe it as being tracking and dollying at the same time, i.e. simultaneous side-to-side and in-and-out movement.

Truck/Track: In motion picture terminology, the term tracking shot may refer to a shot in which the camera is mounted on a camera dolly, a wheeled platform that is pushed on rails while the picture is being taken; in this case the shot is also known as a dolly shot or trucking shot.

Pedestal: Moving the camera up or down without changing its vertical or horizontal axis. A camera operator can do two types of pedestals: pedestal up means “move the camera up;” pedestal down means “move the camera down.” You are not tilting the lens up, rather you are moving the entire camera up.