Frame:
Close up-facial expressions/emotions-importance/dominance
Long shot-whole person-body language-surroundings
Medium shot-facial expressions/emotions-body language
Two shot-relationship between 2 people
Establishing shot-location-beginning of scene-weather-time-season
Extreme close up-usually used in western movies to shows eyes
Extreme long-shows all the surroundings
Pov-feels like you are the character
Angle:
Low angle-dramatic-dominant-powerful
High angle-vulnerability-small-empathy-weak
Eye level-relate to character-empathy
Canted angle-disorientated-drunk-dizzy-chaos
Over the shoulder-confrontational-conversation
Movement:
Tracking-moving character-multiple things in a scene-difference-journey-importance
Handheld-action-drama-fast pace-shaky-horror-chaos-fast pace-real-urgency
Shallow focus-making someone more important-draws attention
Deep focus-shows surroundings-everyone is important
Pull focus-changing focus-change of importance/focus
Birds eye-larger surroundings-small-insignificant-whole setting
Zoom in/out-moves in or out-show bigger picture-focus attention
Trombone shot-dramatic event-tracks out while camera moves in/vice versa-major events
Pan-camera turns left/right-shows where someone’s going draws attention to another place
Tilt-up and down-shows bit at a time-objectification
Crane-isolation-dramatic-surroundings
Random motion-camera shakes randomly-energy-action
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