Narrative therory

Shot types

Extreme long shot focuses the viewer on the setting but you can still see the main object or person, its also can be taken to up to a quarter a mile away.

Long shot is essentially the same as a wide shot. Humans are clearly visible and gives the viewer the establishment of where it takes place.

Medium long shot sees the subject in more detail and is usually  from the knees up in the frame they are more wider than medium shots. These shots are also know as american shots because they were first introduced in american western movies.







Medium shot on a human body would start around the waist and include a little space above the head. They are used for dialogue sequences and allow the viewer to pick up on the characters movements and gestures.





Medium close-up is when a filmmaker places their camera so that an actor is framed from right above their head down to about midway on their torso. Its also a typical frame for news reporters.




In the close-up a certain frame feature or part of the subject takes up most of the frame. A close up of a person usually means a close up of their face. They use close ups usually to show detail.





Big close-up of a person would show their face from forehead to chin. This mimics the extreme proximity of the intimate zone in face to face interaction.





Extreme close-up shot is traditionally used in film to allow the viewer to enter the characters intimate space, revealing certain characteristics and emotions that would otherwise go unnoticed from afar.




Camera angles


High angle is a cinematic technique where the camera looks down on the subject from a high angle and the point of focus often gets "swallowed up". High angle shots can make the subject look more vulnerable or powerless when applied with the correct mood or setting.




Eye level shots refers to when the level of  your camera is placed at the same height as the eyes of the characters in your frame. An eye level camera angle does not require the viewer to see the eyes of the actor, nor does the actor need to look directly into the camera for a shot to be considered eye level.



Oblique/Canted angle is a type of camera shot which involves setting the camera at an angle on its roll axis so that the shot is composed with vertical lines at an angle to the side of the frame, or so that the horizon line of the shot is not parallel with the bottom of the camera frame.





Low angle is a shot from a camera angle positioned low on the vertical axis, anywhere below the eye line, looking up. Sometimes, it is even directly below the subjects feet. Psychologically the effect of the low-angle shot is that it makes the subject look strong and powerful.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4krefTqlJg


Unbreakable

The first scene is the point perspective of Bruce Willis looking at Samuel L Jackson it then moves on to a medium close-up of Bruce Willis it then moves on to the objects hes looking at then continues to keep going from a medium close-up of his body to him looking at the objects. We then get a side view of Samuel L Jackson from also a medium close-up. It then moves to a close-up shot of Bruce Willis to show his expressions a bit more so the reader can understand the emotions he is feeling. The shot continues to change from Bruce Willis to Samuel L Jackson from their current shot types. It then begins to zoom out from Bruce Willis and then changes to Samuel L Jackson also being zoomed out until it stops at a medium long shot. It then moves to a medium shot of Bruce Willis walking away from Samuel L Jackson, and then finally finishes with a medium close-up of Samuel L Jackson.