Tuesday, 14 October 2014

Top 10 camera shots

To help me film my movie opening, I have looked at the top 10 camera shots typically used in Chick Flicks. Below are a list of all of them:
  1. Establishing Shot- This is used to show the audience where the setting takes place, e.g. rural countryside or in the city. This is clearly shown in the princess diaries where you can tell the story takes place in San Francisco. Similarly this is shown in Angus thongs and perfect snogging where we establish in the first two minutes that the film is set by the sea in England ( in this case Brighton)
  2. Close up shot- These are used a lot in chick flicks as it is easy then for the audience to observe the certain range of emotions a character may be feeling,whether they are happy, sad or angry.
  3. High angle shot- High angle shots can be used to emphasise the loneliness of a person. This may be useful with Chick flicks as in a film, typically there is a love interest involved and usually something end up going wrong and there is a period time in which the protagonist is upset/lonely without this person. 
  4. Shot reverse shot- this is used to show a conversation occurring between two characters. It implies a connection between the two people.
  5. Tilt shot- Usually after a film, the camera slowly tilts upwards towards the sky and ends.
  6. Tracking shot- this can be used to follow a character as they weave their way through busy cities (e.g. In the Devil wears Prada a lot of tracking shots are used to emphasise how busy New York city is).
  7. Two shot- A two shot is one which depicts two people in the frame, this is usually used to imply a connection between the two characters. In chick flicks this is commonly used to show two people after a date. 
  8. Wide shot- A wide shot is used to show where the story is taking place or if a character goes on holiday, For example this is used The holiday where the storyline switches from LA to England. 
  9. Long shot-A chick flick often starts with some sort of journey and this is often portrayed by a long shot showing the main character walking through a city/town or even a school. 
  10. Mid shot- As previously mentioned, this long shot then cuts and moves in closer for a mid shot. 
After researching and coming up with these 10 camera shots, I will aim to use all, if not a majority of these shots to fit with the typical conventions of a chick flick. 

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