Activity 6.2.1 - Shot Composition and Camera Movement

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Open the YouTube link and check out some simple production techniques. This 3 minute video shows simple video techniques using the iPhone. 



Open any movie or TV show that you wish on the Internet in any language. Practice how to make a “screen grab” so that you can capture a still image.

To capture a MacBook screen grab press the following three keys together: shift / command / #4, and a target icon will open that you can expand around the image you want to capture. When you release the key. The image will appear on your computer screen as a “screen grab”. 

Follow the instructions below and complete this activity:

1. As you watch the film or TV show you select, pause it when you identify examples of the following kinds of shots:

  1. an extreme close up
  2. an over-the-shoulder shot
  3. a dolly or any kind of travel shot (Indicate the Internet link and the time in the film or TV show where it occurs)
  4. a crane shot going up or down (Indicate the Internet link and the time in the film or TV show where it occurs)
  5. a wide or long shot
  6. a medium shot
  7. a close-up
  8. a reaction shot
  9. a steadicam shot (Indicate the Internet link and the time in the film or TV show where it occurs)
  10. a low angle shot
  11. a high angle shot

(Hint: If you can’t find these examples in one source then search a second source to complete the assignment.)

2. Post your “screen grabs” and the links and Time Code for shots with camera movement in the same order as the above list #1-11. 


Submission: PDF format. (file size can't be more than 20 MB)