Shot Types

As the editor of the group, I decided to base our footage on a crime theme so that I can dwell on the fact of tension using lighting, different types and angles of shots and also putting dramatic music into our footage. I have contributed into researching different editing ideas and techniques to aid in the completion of producing our film.

Shot Types:

Medium shot-  This shot doesn't show the whole body, it only reveals half of the body. This will be a very nice shot to use when we film the mafia boss sitting in his chair awaiting his visitor in suspense like in the "Godfather"  scene below. We will film this scene with a low level of lighting in an attempt to build tension and anxiety for the audience like this shot in black and white below.

Extreme Close Up- This shot is a very close shot showing detail of an image or physical features of a person and is used to build tension. This shot can really capture the fear or frustration in the facial expression like this scen from "The Grey" below.

Over the shoulder shot- The over the shoulder shot is mainly used in conversation to give a dynamic view/perspective and is framed behind a person who is looking at the subject of the shot. The person looking at the subject should occupy only about a 1/3 of the frame. This shot helps establish the position of each person and gains the feel of looking at a person from another persons point of view. I will most likely cut between two over the shoulder shots whilst abiding by the 180 rule to give a dynamic and tense view of the dialogue in my preliminary task. 

Close up shot- a close up shot is one that frames distinctive close features of the face, resulting in the face being the main focal point of the frame. This emphasises the emotional state of the character in the frame more than a mid-shot or a wide-shot that delivers general information about the character. The close-up exaggerates the characters facial expressions drawing the audience towards their feelings and emotions unlike other shots.