CAMERA MOVEMENT #1

Point of View

A point of view shot is where the lens of the camera acts as the eyes of the character. This creates a shaky but effective quality. This creates a personal connection between the character and audience. Channel 4’s Peep Show is famous for shooting their entire episodes of 7 seasons all from a point of view, of the two main characters, mark and Jeremy.  This choice in camera movement is what made the comedy so successful and gave it an identity. When this took to the states, producers decided to ignore this choice and use typical shots, movements and angles. Giving it extremely low ratings in which it didn’t develop into any series.   

CAMERA SHOTS #2

Extreme Close Up

An extreme close up contains a lot of detail with the subject and absolutely no back ground. Commonly used for facial features to express emotion. Having a shot so close to a face can be use to emphasis how uncomfortable a situation may be as it is an intimate shot. Famous extreme close ups would be two cowboys in a shoot off, in which the camera would focus on such facial features as the mouth or eyes.

CAMERA SHOTS #1

Close Up

A close up will focus on the subject in the foreground, and not have much in the background. It will take up the whole frame in order to draw attention to the item or feature. In films and television this shot can be used as to not give too much physical details away from the character but give far more clues about the characteristics of said person. It can also be an important plot reference. This is demonstrated in Harry potter and the Chamber of Secrets, when Lucius Malfoy secretly places the diary in a cauldron. There is a close up shot of him doing so. As the audience we are aware of both diary’s but later on have better understanding of the importance for one of them. For the audience sake, this shot was later referred back to reflect back previous action.