Wednesday, 19 October 2016

Identifying Different Shot Types



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I am going to be analysing a scene from 'Pirates of the Caribbean 3 At Worlds End' . I will be looking at different shot types and how they give effect on the audience. I chose this clip because it has a lot of different camera angles in a short space of time.

First off we have a side view of the three main characters (Jack Sparrow, Barbossa and Elizabeth)
walking as the camera follows using dolly tracking shot. All the characters are in focus, so they must of used a sharp aperture opening. All three characters are the main focus. Then in the far distance we see three more characters, so we can only see the legs. Camera pans smoothly to the left as you can still see Jack, Barbossa and Elizabeth walking towards us in the background. Next is a wide shot clearly revealing who the three other characters are. We can see them head to toe in their surroundings and also everything is in perfectly in position, for example, the characters, the boat and buckets. Also I would like to mention that the sand points to the middle character in a triangle shape, this draws your eye to the centre and balances the framing. The next shot I personally like, we have a low angle looking upwards at the three characters walking past, as the camera pans slightly. They did this because if makes them look more powerful and important. Then we have a medium close up panning out to get a nice shot of the three characters. Next we have a medium close up of  Barbossa walking towards us while looking straight into the camera. Then we get a close up of Will Turner as the camera pans to the right. Then it does this for every remaining character, (medium and close ups). Then finally we get a high angle panning down as the three characters move closer.

 







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