Weeks 3 & 4 - Camera & Sound.

Camera Shots, Angles, Movements, Composition;

High Angle - Looking Down on Action.

Low Angle - Looking Up at Action.

Birds Eye View - Looking straight down on action.

Cantid Angle - Offset, to the side.

Long Shot - Top to toe shot.

Close Up - Facial Shot.

Pull focus - Blurring one thing to focus on something else.

Aerial Focus - High shots from the sky.

Medium Close Up - Shoulders Up.

Medium Shot - Waist up.

Establishing Shot.

Point of View.

Extreme Close Up.

Over the Shoulder Shot.

Two Shot - Two people.

Deep Focus - Different Depths in all focus.

Shallow Focus - Focused on a few things, background blurred.

Pan- Movement left to right or right to left.

Tilt - Up and Down.

Track/ Dolly - On a track for smooth movement.

Crane/ Mechanical Shot - High Sweeping Movement.

Whip Pan - Fast Pan Shot.

Steadicam - Support System/ Harness.

Zoom/ Reverse Zoom - In then out.

Hand Held - Literally in Hand.

Rule of Thirds.

Eyeline Match - Character positioned to preserve spacial continuity. - Established by shots and editing.

180 Degree Rule.

Sound;

Almost 50% of meaning in a film and tv is made up from sound. -- Music can anchor meaning, and dialoge is important in developing a character.

Diegetic Sound: Sounds that emerge from sources within the frame, the character can ear it.

Sound Perspective: Related to whether or not the sound we experience as an audience is from the perspective of a particular character or not. - Emphasizing certain Sounds.

Synchronus Sounds - Sounds which are matched with what is viewed.

Asynchronus Sounds - Sounds which are not matched with what is being viewed.

Ambient Sounds - Common things like water, wind, traffic. -- Provides: Audio Continuity, non unatural silence, reinforces the mood.

Non - Diegetic Sound: Sounds that come from outside the frame that the character can not hear.

Soundtrack - theme tune - strings, orchestral, rythmic, precussion.

Incidental Sound - Often "background" music that adds atmosphere to the action.

Sound Bridge - Smooths the transitions of two different scenes.

Silence: Can only be done in editing stages.