This document provides an overview of various camera techniques, shots, angles, movements, and transitions that can be used in filmmaking. It includes establishing shots, close-ups, mid shots, long shots, point of view shots, two shots, and more. It also discusses high and low camera angles, pans, tilts, zooms, cuts, fades, dissolves, and wipes as ways of transitioning between shots. The goal is to introduce basic cinematography techniques and have the reader consider how to use visual elements like shots, camera movements, and edits to convey meaning and enhance audience experience.

1. Camera Techniques

2. Establishing Shot

3. Master Shot

4. Big Close Up

5. Close Up

6. Mid Close Up

7. Mid Shot

8. Long shot

9. Very long shot

10. Point of view shot

11. Wide shot

12. Two Shot

13. Over The Shoulder Shot

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15. High angle

16. Low Angle

17. Bird’s Eye View

18. Worm’s Eye View

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20. Over to you... Your mission is to construct a shot, to express your given theme, making use of visual codes. You must be able to explain your shot type, denotation and connotation; also whether your signifier is iconic, indexical, symbolic or metasymbolic! Simples!

21. Camera Movements Camera Movement Pan Track Tilt Dolly crane Steadicam/handheld Zoom/reverse zoom

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23. Basic Shot Transitions Cut Fade Dissolve Wipe

24. Cut A basic cut is when the scene moves from one shot to another immediately. When I click on this slide it will cut to the next.

27. Fade This transition is when the image fades away gradually. You can fade to black: often used to signal the end of a day. Or fade to white which is used when a softer effect is required. At the beginning of a dream sequence for example.

30. Dissolve A dissolve is where one image dissolves into another. This is used rarely in modern film making, but can be seen often in 50s and 60s films.

33. Wipes A wipe is when one image is wiped away to be replaced by another. Wipes can happen in a variety of directions. Wipes became popular in the 70s and 80s. They were used extensively in the original star wars movie.

38. The tip of the iceberg You have been introduced to the basics. There are a lot of other techniques and effects that you will encounter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1japIhKU9I&feature=fvw

40. Movement

41. Edits

42. What effects do they have? Why are they used? How do they enhance audience enjoyment?www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXJiYV9K77Q