My Original Camera Shots

Original Camera Shots

 

In my media lesson me and a few others had to go out into the school and take some camera shots to experiment with some camera angles. This experience was a new one for me as I'm not the type to go out and take photos of anything random or eye catching but nevertheless it was a good experience for me. Below are the images of my attempt to experiment with camera angles.

 

Extreme Close Up

This is my eye which I used for extreme close up and you can certainly see why the camera shot is called a extreme close up, they are mostly used to make the audience focus on one subject. I say the extreme close up is very effective as I noticed the very first thing I did is look at the eye in the image.

Close Up

This is a gas tap located in the science labs in my school which I used to take a close up shot. A close up shot is used to focus on the detail of an object or the expression of a character and if it shows the expression of a character the camera shot only shows either the head or head and shoulders of the character. This type of camera shot can  also be used to imply intimacy or tension between characters.

Wide Shot

This is me on the football field of my school and this is what is known as a wide shot as it includes a lot of visual information. It mostly used by the director to set the scene as there is so much visual information for the audience to take in.

 

Medium Shot

This is simply the direction sign at my school to obviously direct people to reception and the camera shot is a medium shot. This shot is used to present visual information to the audience whilst still focusing on the subject.

 

Overall, what I learned from this experience is that you need to take around about 30 photos when taking camera shots so that you have more images to work with. I found this out as I only took  10 photos and the only worth while photos out of that ten are the ones above this text. Well lesson learned and now I know for the future so I won't make the same mistake.