Camera Shots

To help us get a better understanding of camera shots we had a task to create a short story using different camera shots. Our group decided we were going to do a story of someone being followed up the stairs.

This shot was our establishing shot which was used to show our scene would play out in the stairwell, looking back now I think we should've taken the picture from the bottom of the stairs rather from the top as the next picture was taken from the bottom of the stairs.

In this picture we used an over shoulder shot to show Amy's character, who was the 'stalker' for our scene had seen my character and was following her movements. This shot showed what things looked like from Amy's point of view.

The next shot we used was a close up, we used a close up on Amy's face to show her facial expressions which gives an audience an idea on what she might be thinking or planning to do next. 

Here we used a low angle shot of Amy to show that in this scene she is higher and she is in control. This shows that her character is dominant by making the viewer seem lower.

In this first image we did another over shoulder shot from a different angle to show my character seeing Amy's for the first time. Using an over shoulder shot here was effective because it shows Amy's facial expression at the 'dramatic' moment of the story we were trying to tell. the second image showed the same scene but from a different angle bringing different views to the scene. 

As my character had fallen over in this shot we used a tilted camera angle to highlight this and create a sense of danger. 

In this final shot it is over my shoulder again but shows Amy in full as well being taller than me. This helps show once again her character is the dominant one of the situation and my character has now been caught.