Shots/Cuts

The use of shots within our music video is key to us producing one of the highest quality. We must broadcast a variety of shots and different cuts to give the video a professional feel, we are going to firstly do a storyboard for our video which will give us an insight into what shots and cuts we would like to perform. There are many shots and cuts available to us and below is a list of the basics:

Long Shot: The camera is placed at a distance from the subject so that the setting rather than a character is emphasised. This is used to establish the place where the action will take place.

Medium Shot: framing a person from just above the top of the head to around their navel or midsection.

Close Up: Close-ups are one of the standard shots used regularly with medium shots and long shots. Close-ups display the most detail as it is focused purely on the subject.

Extreme Close Up: This shot allows for more detail than a close up shots as more detail is shown.

Up Shot (Low Angle): This shot gives the object higher status by making it seem larger and as if they are above us, as if they are looking down on us giving them power.

High Angled Shot: This is taken from above the subject to lower the status and give a sense of vulnerability.

Tracking Shot: This is where the camera is mounted onto a dolly and wheeled along a track to keep the camera in line with the moving scene.

Cross Cutting: Cross cutting is an editing technique where the action flicks between two scenes to create an effect; the usual effect being tension and fear, a lot of horror movies use this technique.

Jump Cut: This is a type of cut where two sequential shots of the same object is taken but varied only slightly to make the camera seem confused.

Establishing Shot: This is a shot which is usually shown at the start of a new scene to show the new location of the sequence.

As previously stated these are only the basics and we hope to use a much wider range of both cuts and shots within our music video.