6 camera angle terms and 4 lighting technique terms!

Camera angles

Extreme long shot:

An extreme long shot has little detail visible in the shot taken and isn’t really meant to show detail they’re mostly used to give a general impression or overview of the scene,situation or setting. This shot is used in action packed scenes aswell as war and disaster films.

Close-Up

This doesn’t include the background, and focuses mainly on a face, or a specific detail. The background isn’t usually visible. This shot zooms in on the object and shows only the vital things. a close up is often used to show the expression on someone's face. The close-up takes us into the mind of a character. Film makers usually use this shot to show the importance of the situation by showing the intense close up of a facial expression it makes you realise that this is a really important part of the characters life.

The Bird's-Eye view

This shows a scene from above the set, an angle that is hard for humans to reach and be able to see land from. This shot gives audience a better view as they are able to see across and directly down at what is going on.it can is able to catch a large scale of action and is great to use in war films to show the whole battlefield e.g. Narnia the lion the witch and the wardrobe.

Eye Level

A commonly used shot; the camera is the same height as the character so your view will be like their view, surrounding objects will be easy to see.

Oblique/Canted Angle

Sometimes the camera is not always horizontal, in this particular angle it is tilted to suggest imbalance, transition it is a popular angle in horror movies. This certain shot is used to display shots as though you were looking at it through the characters eyes it puts more effect into the scene.

 

 Aerial shot: when the camera angle is above and the shot is 

taken from a plane or helicopter

Lighting

Side lighting: this is a good technique to use when trying to create a mysterious  character as side lighting can draw shadows out to be longer and bigger, it also makes a scene look dramatic and can help bring out surface textures.

Soft front light / hot backlight: a technique used to usually make the scene or atmosphere moody, frontal light is known as the fill light, the strong darker light at the back is known, as the backlight.

 

Mixing colour temperatures: This means using lights of different colours to shoot a scene or take a shot, it creates a great effect and makes the atmosphere feel more real as a blue light can be used to represent moonlight on a character.

 

Silhouetting : is quite a dark technique, most suitable for when characters are confronting a dark secret it makes everything more dramatic and serious. It consists of having a really bright lit background which makes the characters faces darker and harder to see so you can almost only see the outline of their faces.