OCR Media studies A level Study Guide

'Bird's-Eye' view -Answer This type of view shows a scene from directly overhead; and is considered an unnatural angle. to the human eye. Familiar objects viewed from this angle might seem totally unrecognisable at first High Angle -Answer The camera is elevated above the character/ object, but not as extreme as a bird's- eye shot. Eye level -Answer the camera is positioned as the person/ subject would observe a scene, with the subject's head on level with the frame of the camera focus. low angle -Answer This placement of the camera increases height and can give a sense of speeded motion. Low angles help give an impression of superiority/ authority or menace within the action of a scene. The background of a low angle shot will tend to be just sky or ceiling, Close up -Answer A shot in which a smallish object (e.g. the human head) fits easily within the frame. Depth (of field/focus) -Answer The range of a camera lens. Depth of field refers to the distance furthest away from a lens in which the objects being photographed will remain in focus approaching infinity. Depth of focus refers to the closest proximity to the lens in which the objects being photographed will remain in focus approaching the infinitesimal Establishing shot -Answer A long shot, often the first in a sequence, which establishes the positions of elements relative to each other and identifies the setting extreme close up -Answer A shot in which a small object (e.g. a part of the body) fits easily within the frame medium long shot -Answer shot in which a largish object (e.g. the human figure from lower leg up) fits easily within the frame. Medium shot -Answer A shot in which a medium-size object (e.g. the top half of a human figure) fits easily within the frame. Passing shot -Answer A shot producing a projected image that travels quickly across the screen, either by moving the subject past a stationary camera or by panning the camera past a stationary subject Aerial shot -Answer A camera shot filmed from an airplane, helicopter, blimp, balloon, kite or high building (higher than a crane). Arc Shot -Answer A shot in which a moving camera circles round the subject being photographed.