Cinematography Intro: Camera Angles & Shots
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Cinematography Intro: Camera Angles & Shots
Author:
Andrew Cero (380)
Objective:

To introduce three concepts in cinematography (for anyone interested in the kind of things that go into making a movie on the visual end):

1.) Camera Angles
2.) Types of Shots
3.) Framing your shots

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Ways to Frame a Shot

These include descriptions for various different ways to frame a shot. Of course you can use these in combination with other shots.

Angles

How you can use camera Angles to spice things up.

Specialty Shots

Some of the simple and complicated tricks

Over the Shoulder (with Rack Focus)

Straight Up Rack Focus

Cut Away

Cutting to Grandpa Chip's wordless reaction to What Walker says (I'm narrating because there's no sound) is the cut away.

Dolly

This is actually a video of a guy making a dolly shot with a camera on the tracks. I pretty much think it demonstrates the idea just the same.

Questions and Answers


  • chendrai
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    chendrai — 6 months ago

    2hat is diffrent between for cinemotography and cinemotographer?

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      Dude
      Dude answered 5 months ago

      A Cinematographer is a person who specializes in Cinematography. one is a job, the other is the profession.

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    emilie gruber (224) — 11 months ago

    WHAT IS TILT

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    • emilie gruber (224) answered 11 months ago

      U MOVE THE CAMRA AND GET A DIFERNT VEAW

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      emilie gruber (224) answered 11 months ago

      U TILT THE CAME RA AND GET A DIRENT ANGERL

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  • jamie
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    jamie — 12 months ago

    it needs more secnods
    i am weird

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    jenifer james (74) — over 1 year ago

    What is the douch angle of camera in movies?

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      emilie gruber (224) answered 11 months ago

      IT GOS CLOSER TO GET LIKE A CLOSER VEW LIKE IN A MOVE A PERSEN IS TOKING AND THEN IT ZOOMS IN THAT IS A DUTCH ANGLE

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      emilie gruber (224) answered 11 months ago

      IT GOS CLOSER TO GET LIKE A CLOSER VEW LIKE IN A MOVE A PERSEN IS TOKING AND THEN IT ZOOMS IN THAT IS A DUTCH ANGLE

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      Parker Bourassa (329) answered over 1 year ago

      I've never heard of it before, but I Googled it for you.
      Here's the wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_angle

      Interesting question!

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    Sophia Admin (369) - about about 2 years ago

    "Interesting"

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    John Ryan (192) - about about 2 years ago

    "Cool packet - very informative!"

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    Rachel Orr-Depner (469) - about about 2 years ago

    "Great insight into cinematography"

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