In today's Media Studies lesson we were learning about camera angles and what different camera angles there are. We started off the lesson by watching a video made by the exam board that talks about all of the different camera angles that there is. We watched this video a few times and took notes down about the different angles used. After we had watched the video about 3 times, we talked as a class about why these camera angles might be used. Are they used to interest the audience? Are they used because they want to focus on that one character? What do these camera angles represent about each character?
Some of the different angles I learnt from watching the video were:
-Extreme longshot. An extreme longshot is usually an exterior shot which establishes the time and location of the shot.
-Longshot. A long shot enables the audience to see the character from head to toe. This shot allows the audience to understand the relationship between the audience and the character.
-Twoshot. A two shot is a shot with two characters in the frame. It expresses their relationship with eachother and the actions they find themselves in.
-Close up shot. A close up shot is the use of the characters head and shoulder. The focus is upon the character.
After we had discussed this, we watched the introduction to the episodes of the TV school drama 'waterloo road'. Whilst watching the introduction, I had to write down all of the different camera angles that were used and the dialogue, props, costume and setting that were also used in this introduction. The opening of the programme started with a longshot of the school, this was to set the scene of the TV drama. Other angle shots used were midshot, close up, extreme close up and extreme long shot. The extreme close up was used when the new teacher was setting up her science lab. There was an extreme close up on her setting up the test tubes, this was to show she was focused and excited about what she was doing. The dialogue used from the pupils towards the teachers was rude and aggressive and it showed the students were frustrated. One example is that the school breakfast club isn't on as they can't afford to fund it and one of the pupils replies "what are we suppossed to go hungry?" which is aggressive and dramatic because they will get lunch. Some of the props used were whiteboard, pens, books, watch, suitcase, shelves, PH scale etc. There is a school uniform, however every pupil does not wear it the same, this represents the different social classes within the school and displays and represents the character that they are.
Today's media lesson showed me how much detail I need to go into when writing about TV dramas and the different camera angles, props and costume used throughout the programme.
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