Camera Shots, Movements and Angles

LO: - To explore how camera is used to create meaning in music videos.

Explore:
  • Identify a range of camera shots and lyrics used in Uptown Funk
Enhance:
  • Analyse why these shots, movements and angles are used in the video to create meaning
Exel:
  • Link camera to lighting, colour and mise-en-scene and how these elements of media language create meaning for the audience

  1. The song is set somewhere hot and dry, like in the desert. In the background there is only a flat landscape, this creates an apocalyptic theme. It is a wide angle shot which makes her seem small.
  2. The artist might be singing about romance
  3. The camera shot is a wide angle medium shot with low-key lighting and a pinkish hue. Pink is often used in pop and romance songs.

Camerawork (cinematography) can be broken down into three areas:

Shot:
  • Mid
  • Close-up
  • Extreme C/U
  • Long shot
  • Extreme long shot
  • Establishing
  • POV

Angle:
  • High
  • Low
  • Dutch

Movements:
  • Pan
  • Tilt
  • Tracking
  • Zoom (in/out)
  • Handheld
  • Focus-Pull

Music video cinematography is often either natural or expressionistic


Shot 1:



Shot name: Long Shot
Why used? To show characters and the setting
Why used here? Shows off dance choreography & Bruno Mars as the featured artist (positioning)

Shot 2:



Shot name: Mid shot
Why used? To show the two people
Why used here? Shows their relationship

Shot 3:



Shot name: Close-up
Why used? To show emotion
Why used here? To show her facial expression and emotion

Shot 4:



Shot name: Low angle
Why used? To make the subject look above everyone else
Why used here? To show Bruno Mars as above everyone else

Shot 5:



Shot name: High angle
Why used? To make the subject seem vulnerable
Why used here? To emphasise with Beyonce

Shot 6:



Shot type: Dutch angle
Why used? For dramatic effect and to make the video seem disorienting
Why used here? To make it visually interesting so the viewer pays attention





Dolly, Pan, Pedestal, Tilt, Track, Roll

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