First I learnt about the different Basic shots that can be used and in what sort of situation you would use them.
Wide shot - This is used generally to establish a location and is often used at the start of a film. It sets the audience up to where the story is going to be.
Medium Shot - In this particular type of shot a character dominates the frame. It solely focuses on them and no one else.
Close Up - In these types of frames its usually a specific object that the director wants the audience to focus on I.E. a weapon or a plant.
Extreme Close Up - This is a frame very close to something. When its to a character it is generally to emphasise intimacy and emotion
There is also slow and fast motion which changes the audiences emotional response to the scene they are viewing. Slow motion can dramatise what we are seeing and fast motion can give us a fast pace adrenaline rush.
I then learnt about the rule of third when it comes to framing and composition. This is where a subject is aligned via guidelines and intersection points for example how a person is positioned on screen. The eyes are most commonly a third of the way down in a medium shot and the person is centred on one third of the frame.
In a lot of scenes there is movement of camera. The director does this for many reasons like to heighten the action or emotion in a scene or to explore the setting and the environment. There are many camera movement techniques that are used in film.
Pan tilt and zoom - This is where the camera position remains stationary but moving the camera itself up and down, panning across and zooming can create the effect that its moving along
Handheld/ Steadicam - This is where a cameraman is operating the camera manually by resting it on his shoulder or holding it in his hands.
Dolly/ Crane - A dolly is tracks that are placed on the floor and a platform that the camera is fixed to so that the scene will be smooth and fluid when moving along. A crane can give high shots that can move vertically up and down.
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