Camera Techniques

Camera Techniques

1. Establishing Shot

   • Helps to show where the action is taking place

2. Camera Techniques

   • Low Angle
     • Strong Characters
   • High Angle
     • Weak Characters
   • Birds-eye / Overhead
     • POV / Confined spaces

3. Dutch Angle

   • distorienttion

4. Shot / Reverse Shot

   • Conversation
   • Get a reverse shot of everythuing

5. Movement

   • Tilt up or down on a fixed axis
   • Pan left or right
     • Faster verison = whip pan
   • Dolly in or out
   • Track left or right

6. Zoom

   • Used as reveal tool
     • Or to convey emotion

7. Steady-cam

8. Crane shot

9. Pulling / throwing focus

10. Position

    • to cut from 1 sense to the other director match the last shot of one scene with the first shot of the next scene.
      • Matching on object
        • Matching on action