Camera angles:

Neutral shot

A neutral shot is a shot in which displays little to no psychological effect on the viewer.This is when the camera is looking straight on the subject or is at eye level.

Point of view shot

A point of view shot is a shot in which shows the what a character is showing at the time.

High angle shot

In film, a high angle shot is usually when the camera angle is located above the eyeline. With this type of angle, the camera looks down on the subject and the point of focus seems to be over powered by the setting. It is often used to show power over the subject by making the viewer see over them.

Low angle shot

A low angle shot is a shot from a camera angle positioned low on the vertical axis. It is anywhere below the eyeline, looking up towards the subject. It is often used to show that the subject has more bigger and more powerful than the viewer. It makes them seem more intimidating.

Birds eye view

This is when the scene is shown from directly above. It is seen as a completely different and unnatural point of view which can be used to show dramatic effect or for showing a different spatial perspective. It can be used to show the positions and motions of different characters and objects.

Long shot

This is when the shot generally shows the image as approximately 'life size'. It includes the full shot showing the entire human body, with the head near the top of the frame and feet near the bottom. The focus is on the characters but the background detail is still visible.

Extreme long shot

This can be taken from as much as a quarter of a mile away, and is usually used as a scene-setting, establishing shot. There will be little detail visible in the shot as it's meant to give a general impression rather than specific information.

Close up

This has the focus on the face or a specific detail of mise en scène. Everything else in the background is just a blue as the entire focus would be on a particular subject, rather than the surroundings, the close-up takes us into the mind of a character

Gender representation analysis

Continuity Video

I think some aspects of our video worked well considering it was our first try at a movie making continuity exercise. The most effective part of the video is the match on action which is best seen when she goes through the door as seen in the below screenshots. 

I believe to make this video better we should film is continuously and whenever the camera angle moves the actor will need to overlap the action he/she just done so that when it comes to editing, the video will run smoothly and become more fluent. You can see that the match on action isn't as smooth in other parts of the video as it jumps from one place to another and is a bit rigid. You can see this at the beginning when the motion of the walking doesn't quite match which makes it less smooth.

Another example of this is when she is walking down the stairs and it about to sit down. We didn't film her actually moving to sit down on the chair so it makes the video more jumpy as it goes from her stood up to sat down in a different space. These screenshots show this transition.

These screenshots of the video show that if we overlap the acting and the actors done the exact same actions as before whilst filming so we would be able to get more of a smooth flow because none of the motion would be missed out.

Summer Assignment Prezi