Camera Angles

There are few camera angles that we must include in our filming. These are;

• Shot/Reverse Shot
• Match on Action Shot
• 180 degree rule

This is a film technique used to show one character looking at something off screen. Usually the character is in a conversation. The camera then switches to the person that the original character was looking at. Since the characters are shot facing in opposite directions, the viewer unconsciously assumes that they are looking at one another. The shot/reverse shot is a shot of one subject, then another, then back to the first. It is often used for conversation or reaction shots. We plan to use this shot when me and Katie are in the games room having a conversation. The camera will flit in between each of us therefore making the shot/reverse shot.

This is cutting from one shot to another view that matches the action and place of the first shot. This creates an impression of continuity although the shot although the shots have been filmed weeks apart. If the character begins an action in the first shot and complete the action in the next, a visual ‘bridge’ is created which acts to disguise the cut from one to the other. A typical example of this is a car entering from one side of the shot and leaving them appearing from the left again. We used this shot when Katie was walking towards the door in the games room.

This is a basic film editing technique used usually in conversations and to distinguish the left/right relationship between two people. To do this there is an imaginary line between the two people to maintain continuity, this line is not to be crossed. A new shot from the opposite side is known as the reverse shot, the character will be seen to have switched places, but from the viewers perspective, will be in the same place. We used this technique whilst in the bathroom and Katie was shouting through to the other room to me.