Digging Deeper Day- Camera Shots Task

For our first task, my group, consisting of 4 people including myself, set upon making a video which would show the different types of camera shots that are often seen in many modern movies to date, along with any recorded footage for purposes such as marketing on TV or online. Our brief therefore was to set out and take multiple shots of around 5-10 second videos using a tripod and video camera which were both supplied by the school.

We went about such a task through positioning the tripod at a distance to our object (a member of the group) and taking the shots from different lengths of proximity. We didn't zoom into the shot because doing so resulted in reducing the quality of the camera shot. When it came to the 'worms-eye view' shot and 'birds-eye view shot' we had to raise the tripod and also shorten the legs so as to create the shots. What's more, when it came to creating shots with lens movement, such as panning or tracking out we couldn't use the tripod and instead had to create the shot whilst trying to keep the camera as still as possible. This is one of several flaws of the video we've curated. Since the camera was hand-held during camera movement shots, the quality of the video is lower because there is some shaking involved in these shots, causing them to look unprofessional. Furthermore, many of our earlier shots are quite short. If audio was important, then our video is a bad example to take inspiration from because often you hear background noise and voices that add to making the video seem unprofessional. Another problem with the video is that the member of our group acting as an object tended to move about a lot whilst standing, creating a slight sense of indecorous professionalism.

If the group and i were to improve the video i believe that we would address these issues through ensuring there are no loud background noises/voices and also making the shots longer. Moreover, if possible, we would ensure that we could use a camera dolly for the lens movement shots. The person acting as an object would have to be more scrupulous with their movement.

List of camera shots (in order):

• Establishing shot
• Extra Long Shot
• Long Shot
• Medium Long Shot
• Medium Shot
• Medium Close Up
• Close UP
• Extreme Close Up
• Worm's Eye
• Low Angle
• High Angle
• Bird's Eye
• Pan from left to right
• Tracking Out
• Crab from right to left