Elliott Soraff film studies A level

Pan: A movement which scans a scene horizontally. Placed on a tripod often to follow a moving object in the middle of a frame. Tilt: A movement which scans a scene vertically Tracking: The camera is placed on a moving vehicle and is placed alongside the action. Hand-held: Show a certain kind of gritty realism, and they can make the audience feel as though they are part of a scene Zoom: Can change the position of the audience, either very quickly or slowly, without moving the camera an inch. Aerial shot: An exciting variation of a crane shot, usually taken from a helicopter.

Birds eye view: Puts the audience in a Godlike position looking down on the action. High angle: Makes the object photographed seem smaller and less significant. Eye level: The camera is positioned as though it is a human actually observing a scene. Low angle: Gives a sense of confusion to a viewer, of powerlessness within the action of a movie. Canted angle: camera is tilted to suggest imbalance, transition and instability

Camera Frames Extreme long shot: Contains a large amount of landscape, often used at the beginning of a scene or a film to  establish general location (setting). It is also known as an establishing shot.   Long Shot: Contains landscape but gives the viewer a more specific idea of setting. It can show the viewers where the action will take placed in that scene. Two Shot: Contains a complete views of the characters. The viewers are able to take in the costumes of characters and are able to identify the relationship between the characters. Close Up: Contains just one character's face. It enables viewers to understand emotions and facial expression. Also able to empathise with characters. Mid shot: A shot of the characters from the waist up. Extreme close up: Contains one part of a character's face or other object.

Introduction I chose film studies as I thought it would give me an advantage into what I want to do when I am older and that is to be a film writer and director. Everything about film is so intriguing and interesting to me. It all strangely started when watching the Pixar film "Monsters Inc." As a kid you don't really understand what is going on and are just embracing the images being presented to you. But watching it once again at a more mature age, engaging with the plot as well as taking in the images, made me realise just how spectacular this was and that there is so much you can do with film. Creating this idea that monsters scare children to create energy to power a monster's universe doesn't come about by chance and extremely fascinated me. I want to give myself a different perspective when I watch films from now on so that I'm not just concentrating on the plot but also how the film is visualised. I'm really interested to learn the different ca