Thursday, 13 November 2014

Shot Types Meaning


Shot Types Meaning

In our first few lessons of practical media we looked at camera angles and different aspects to look at when taking a photo- focus, depth, composition and framing. These important aspects reveal and communicate the meaning behind all the objects/emotions presented in each photo. Technical language involved in media studies was something we also considered and defined.

Technical terms, aspects of shots:

1.    Focus- in a photo an object may be in either sharp or soft focus.

2.    Depth- the distance between your subject and the lens.

3.    Composition- the way objects are positioned/composed in a shot. (We found that this links closely to framing).

4.    Framing- the positioning of the camera to produce the appropriate position for a desired meaning.

Activity: in groups we got given a famous photo of a scene and we had to try and recreate it. Ours was Indiana Jones looking at the idol. We had to keep depth, focus, framing, composition and meaning in mind whist recreating it. To recreate it we turned off all the lights creating a nice effect that also emphasised the expressions of the actor Mr Kerrigan (Indiana Jones) by placing the focus on him. We put a spotlight on the 'idol'.  

Our recreated image…

 

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