Shots

Different Camera Shots use in Preliminary


Point Of View Shot

A point of view shot is a short film scene that shows what a character is looking at. It is usually established by being positioned between a shot of a character looking at something, and a shot showing the character's reaction. The technique of POV is one of the foundations of film editing.

A POV shot need not be the strict point-of-view of an actual single character in a film. Sometimes the point-of-view shot is taken over the shoulder of the character (third person), who remains visible on the screen. Sometimes a POV shot is "shared" ("dual" or "triple"), i.e. it represents the joint POV of two (or more) characters.

This is an example and shows well a way of using a Point Of View shot -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp5mLbSpKT8






 

180 Degree Shot

Participants in a scene should have the same left - right relationship with each other, with filming only taking place within the 180 degree angle in which this is maintained in a conversation. This allows the audience to have  a greater sense of location in the scene in terms of what may e off screen in some shots.

Match On Action

Match On Action is an editing technique for continuity editing in which one shot cuts to another shot portraying the action of the subject in the first shot. This creates a sense of continuity - The action carrying through creates a "visual bridge" which draws attention away from slight cutting or continuity issues.