Research: Introduction to Camera Framing

11/19

Introduction to Camera Framing

   Camera framing is the specific positioning of a camera to film a production. Director's use camera framing to capture the significance of a scene. They use shots like one shot, two shots, three shots, four shots, crowd shots, over the shoulder shots, point of view shots, and insert shots. These shots have some similarities, yet their differences make it the reason why directors use these shots for different reasons.

    Shots 3-4 and the crowd shot are used to show a relationship between the characters in frame and any items there might be, the one shot is used to focus or isolate one character in frame. Two shots emphasize a relationship between two characters. An over the shoulder shot much like a one shot, shows one character either speaking or showing an emotion with a body part of another character in scene, much like a dirty one shot. A POV shot would show the perspective of the character, giving the audience a view of what they were seeing or hearing if it was an audio POV shot. Lastly a Insert shot shows the main focus on an item that may be significant for the plot line or the background to a character.
  The assignment wasn't complicated, it was easy to understand. Finding clips of movies to use was the only issue, with remembering seeing certain scenes from the movies to input it into.