Camera

The director of a drama has a variety of shot opinions available when thinking about how to capture the action within a scene. The type of shot they choose is critical to bring the best visual experience out of the action that is occurring. Many filmmakers consider shot variety to be essential of audience satisfaction, and key to maintaining viewer interest. The logic behind this is that is shot i being held for too long, the audience have already been engaged in that shot for some time and slowly start to lose interest. Switching up the shots give the audience something new to constantly look at, as a result the viewer maintains interest and is engaged throughout.

There are many different shot sizes and shot distances:

• Extreme close up - This is where the camera focuses on facial expressions.

• Close up - This is a shot where the camera focus on the head and cuts just below the shoulders. 

• Medium close shot - This is shot that focuses on a character from half way up their body. 

• Medium long shot - This a shot that focuses on a character from half way up their legs and conveys their body and head. 

• Long shot - This is a shot which can set a scene and convey a characters full body from a distance.
  

• Extreme long shot - This is a shot which sets the scene from a far distance. 

Their are many different angles you can use when taking a shot, these are some angles below: 

• High angle - This is an angle that from a height looking down on a character. 

• Low angle - This is an angle that is taken from a low height that looks up at a character. 

• Eye level - This is an angle that is level with the characters eyes. 

• Birds eye view - This is an angle that is taken from the sky looking down at a character. 

• POV - This is angle that is taken from the characters point of view. 

There are also different types of movements within  cameras such as zoom in, zoom out, and pull focus. Moving the camera is different to the movements within the camera. You can move that camera in multiple ways. Below is some ways that you can move the camera: 

• Crane - You can attach a camera to a crane to achieve high angle shots. 

• Tracking shot - This is where the camera is attached to a track to achieve a smooth moving shot. 

• Handheld - This is simply where the camera operator holds the camera when filming.