Cinematography
ïThe following points are discussed in class. Make sure that you are able to identify and / or describe each one of these different cinematographic techniques.
1 Time
1.1 The Shot & Scene
A shot is a series of uninterrupted frames. Several shots edited together forms one scene. Every scene is a coherent narrative with a beginning, middle and end.
1.2 Altering Time
- Slow Motion
- Fast Mostion
1.3 Accelerating & Freezing Time
- Time-lapse photography
- Frozen moments
2 Camera & Space
2.1 Camera Height
- Eye Level Shot
- High(er) Level
- Low(er) Level
2.2 Camera Angle
- High-Angle Shot
- Low-Angle Shot
- Dutch Angle Shot / Canted Shot
- Overhead Shot / Bird’s Eye View Shot
2.3 Camera Distance
- Extreme Long Shot (XLS)
- Long Shot (LS)
- Medium Long Shot (MLS)
- Medium Shot (MS)
- Medium Close-up (MCU)
- Close-up (CU)
- Extreme Close-up (XCU)
2.4 Camera Move: Exploring Space
- Horizontally (Panning)
- Vertically (Tilting)
- Tracking Shot
- Crane Shot
- Aerial Shot
- Handheld Shot & Steadicam