Planning: Shot Type Research and examples

MEDIUM SHOT: WIDE ANGLE LENSThis shot type captures the whole of the scene, including the athletes surroundings and movement.

I will have to consider what camera I use to capture fast movement of my athletes, during editing I may have to slow this down to achieve a better effect. Another option is to use a tracking device to follow the athletes movement.

CLOSE UP/ REACTION SHOTS:

Close ups will add a dynamic feel to my trailer and add a sense of intimacy with the target audience. This shot type would be successful when zooming in on the muscles types used by the athletes or possibly a runners feet, ect.

A close up reaction shot is interesting here, and may be good to use in my trailer when the doping statistics are read out by the voiceover.

EXTEME CLOSE UP’S

DIFFERENT SHOT IDEAS

An extreme close up is exciting, mysterious, intimate and dramatic. The audience get a sense of emotion or strain on the character (athlete). This shot would be interesting to use when an athlete is heavy breathing and sweating.

I saw this shot in a short documentary I watched on Youtube, I liked the idea of showing the role of the internet in doping and how easy it is to access these drugs online.

Over the shoulder shot : In film or video, an over the shoulder shot (also over shoulder, OS, OTS, or third-person shot) is a shot of someone or something taken from the perspective or camera angle from the shoulder of another person. I think this would be a key shot to use in a documentary film as this would challenge the conventions of this genre.Match on Action: Match on action (or cutting on action) is an editing technique for continuity editing in which one shot cuts to another shot portraying the action of the subject in the first shot. This technique is used all the time in films however is very successful in sport films to make the sport/action seem smooth.

OTHERE SHOT TYPES AND EDITING TECHNIQUES