Activity 6.2.1 - Shot Composition and Camera Movement
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:
- an extreme close up
- an over-the-shoulder shot
- a dolly or any kind of travel shot (Indicate the Internet link and the time in the film or TV show where it occurs)
- a crane shot going up or down (Indicate the Internet link and the time in the film or TV show where it occurs)
- a wide or long shot
- a medium shot
- a close-up
- a reaction shot
- a steadicam shot (Indicate the Internet link and the time in the film or TV show where it occurs)
- a low angle shot
- 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)