Thursday, 10 March 2011

Camera angles & Camera Movement

Coronation Street
Directed at a large range audience of all ages, particularly women. Ages 14+

  • eye level shot of characters' face to sense facial expressions
  • high angle shot above the street
  • low angle shot of a letter a character has received
  • tracking shot used to create a dramatic suspense when a character receives a blackmailing letter and it goes into the character and out again
  • crane shot above the street to see a select few characters
  • panning shot of 'the joinery' club to portray how it's new and already packed with people 
  • mid shot of characters to outline body language movement


Eastenders 
Also directed at a large audience of all ages that are mainly women. Ages 14+

  • zoom was used instead of tracking shot at one point, created to cause tension as a character was spying on another
  • tilt shot of a character
  • crane shot of the street and some of the characters
  • high angle shot above the square
  • tracking shot to follow a character
  • panning shot of an object
  • eye level shot of characters' face to feel their emotions
  • low angle shot of an mp3 as it holds a recording of vital information 
  • mid shot of characters to highlight body language movement 

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