Media Language

Camera Angles:

• Close Up

- a shot that focuses heavily on the face, or object. Typically blurred background to set a deeper focus, often used to add empasis to a scene or image.

• Extreme Close up

-usually fits the whole fram of a photo, and can only see a certain feature within the frame, e.g. a human feature that focuses solely on the eyes. This is done to create tension within a scene or image.

• Panoramic Shot

- a series of landscape photographs, that have been put together by software. But have been taken individally, then overlapped to creat a wide panoramic shot. Used to show an overview of a scene

• Long Shot

-shows a realistic scale of an object or human being, it is able to fit objects and people within a scene in the frame, without cutting anything out. And if necessary able to show other happening/people in the bakground.

• Extreme Long shot

-used to establish the scene and mood of a film, typically used in the action adventure scenes, to create tension. Little detail is paid to the image, but you are able to establish where the scene has been set.

• Middle Shot 

-the camera focuses on a figure from the waist upwards, or an object with little zoom. The middle shot outlines the character and the background has little detail; very minimal…