Experimenting with Camera Shots

Today, during my Media Studies lesson, we were sent out to capture a selection of shots, to further understand our idea of them and why they are used. I enjoyed these tasks, as me and my group went through great lengths to ensure that we got the right shots on our list. It was fun to explore the best places to take this images, such as our Schools exterior for the Establishing shot. I will insert within below the various types of shots that we managed to capture
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Extreme Close Up Shot

This Extreme Close Up shot is effective because it shows the focus of the photo in more detail. In this photo, we blurred the background slightly in order to emphasise the vital importance of the berries in the photo.

 

Long Shot

This Long shot is very useful in some circumstances, as it shows lots of other detail in the background of the photo while also concentrating on the main focus of the picture which is the sculpture of a tree. By using the rule of thirds we were able to centralise the sculpture, this supported the idea that the sculpture is the most important thing in the photo

Low Angled

This Low Angled shot is useful for making the subject of the photo (in this case the sculpture) look more important as it is taken from a lower perspective, meaning that the subject will look much larger. Moreover, you could say that this angle allows the viewer to feel as though they're viewing the subject of the photograph from the eyes of someone who is small in terms of their height.

 

 Establishing Shot
 
This Establishing shot is useful for making the subject of the photo (in this case the sculpture) look more important as it is taken from a lower perspective, meaning that the subject will look much larger. Moreover, you could say that this angle allows the viewer to feel as though they're viewing the subject of the photograph from the eyes of someone who is small in terms of their height.

 

 

 

Shot taken fromThree Different Perspectives

Taking three different shots offers different perspectives of the scene. For example, the first shot of the car could show the perspective of someone looking at the car from the window of a house, the second photo could show the car arriving at it's destination and the last shot could show the car having already arrived at it's destination.