Short Clip- Camera Shots in practice

In a lesson, we were given a small brief telling us to make a short clip of camera shots, without audio, showing one person giving another some bad news. We had to do this by showing emotion through camera shots. We decided to use lego men for this so we could get the right emotion. We used a variety of camera shots, for example:

• An establishing shot- this sets the scene
• Reverse shot- this shows that the lego men are having a conversation, flicking between characters. This also includes the 180 degree rule.
• Wide shot- this shows the characters within the surrounding, still showing they are talking.
• A close up on the face, showing tension and worry from the build up.
• A high angle shot, showing the other character is 'pregnant' (bad news), also still showing her happy emotion.
• A close up on the face- showing panic and fear from the bad news.
• High andgle shot- used to show the powerless character, dropping his cup in shock.
• Another wide shot- used to show the character falling over, in shock, compared to the surroundings.
• Two ariel shots are used to exaggerate the shock, and the problem, one without the other character, and then one with the other character.
• An eye level shot- used to show the 'evil' emotion on the characters face, looking upon the shoked character.
• A reverse shot- used to show the character walking away, emphasising the point of her'not caring' and leaving him.

We found it fairly difficult to put the shots together and make it run freely, so it does look a bit more like a slideshow then a film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGD8BgksQ-o