Week 2- Camera Angles

 

Tilt Shot: This is a shot I took standing outside the front gates of Lely of the flagpole. It took me a few shots since I felt like the way I held the camera before made the shot seem like a camera was being raised, instead of titled up.

Choker: From the example picture I was not sure exactly how close the subject had to be, so I assumed it should just be my forehead to my chin. I zoomed the camera in instead of holding it super close to my face so that it was more comfortable to film. I tried so hard to keep from laughing.

Medium Shot: I was originally aiming to do the cameo shot, but I was off centered from the plain wall, so I backed up a bit farther and had to watch the camera screen to see when the bottom was at my knees.

Cameo Shot: We chose a wall near the cafeteria, since the background would be a plain crème color, and I imagined this shot would be used for things such as interviews and introductions, like when a character is introducing themselves, or when in a reality show they cut to the actors in a room, sitting on a chair and talking to the camera. I had Chandler face the camera and introduce himself to reflect that.

Follow Shot: I tried to be a bit more creative with this shot, but I could not think of anything besides literally following my subject as he walked from point A to point B.

Cutaway: For the cutaway, I filmed a reaction of Chandler and his reaction to me doing a “dramatic” pencil toss.

Head-On: I tried actually several different shots for this. I tried dropping a tennis ball on the camera, throwing a lacrosse ball at my phone, etc., but the phone always got moved, making the video shaky. So instead, I used Chandler to walk quickly directly towards my phone. That way, the camera wouldn’t be moved and it would not face the possibility of damage.

Long Shot: I filmed Chandler sitting across the courtyard from me, sitting at one of the lunch tables and waving towards the camera to make it clear he was still the focus, though a majority of the right side of the courtyard was filmed.

Pan Shot: In this shot, it was actually my subject’s idea to make it look like both a Pan Shot and a POV Shot. I looked at the empty tables at the beginning of the video, looking for Chandler, then turned to him (the pan shot aspect of the video) as he walked down the stairs to greet me.

Close-Up: In my original take, I had Chandler pick up a pencil. After looking at more examples of close-ups, I realized that I got too much of his arm and the surroundings, so I decided to redo the shot, and capture my friend’s younger brother pouring himself a cup of juice. The focus was zoomed in on his hand holding the gallon.