Framing a shot; Practice with skils

In our year 12 media class, we took our phone camera out to test different camera shots showing the antagonist and protagonist characters in a story. We learnt about leading lines and tried to use them in our camera shots. This is how it went;

The beginning of our 'story' shows the establishing shot. This is used to set the scene, obviously we used what was available which was this shot using the rule of thirds to help position it in the middle. This shot shows the calm setting and gives the impression of 'the calm before the storm'.

This long shot using leading lines shows the protagonist standing proud in her environment. The long shot shows the scene around the main character which gives the effect like the protagonist is protecting the area.  

From this long shot using the rule of thirds, you can't establish the characters apart except from the fact the antagonist is staring at the protagonist, giving the effect of jealousy and anger.

This is a low angle shot. It has been used in a sinister way to make the antagonist look more powerful and it creates a higher perspective of the character. 

This orignally was suppose to be a long shot using background but it after viewing it we didn't think it got that effect. Instead, we decided for the story it would look more realistic if it was a point of view (POV) shot. It could be used as from the antagonist view point, looking down on the protagonist from a high angle shot to make the hero actually look weaker in the antagonists eyes.  

This is a extreme close up  and shows the antagonist strangling the protagonist. It has been used to show a important detail. 

This mid shot is used to show the characters feelings. We see the antagonist full of hatred towards the protagonist. I'm portraying the protagonist and the reason I looked at the camera is because it gives the impression that the main character doesn't feel anything to the villain, as in a way that they aren't even there because they aren't important. 

This is part of the 'three different viewpoints with different camera shots'. This first one is the long shot of the antagonist. The long shot gets the back ground and the villain stands out with the pose they are doing. 

Again, a low angle shot making the antagonist look more evil. The low angle makes the villain appear more powerful than they are.

This one is my favourite photo. We used a mid shot to catch the villains emotions. The wind sweeping over the face plays a good part and makes the whole photo look more dramatic. 

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I am a year 12 student currently studying media at AS. I have never studied media before, however I do take a great interest in the study of how film is made and a masterpiece is created. I think I will enjoy editing and analysing a piece of film. I'm a keen watcher of anything on Netflix and I am a thriller/suspense movie fan!

I'm looking forward to studying media as a whole, especially create my own film. I will be doing the task of making a short thriller opening which sounds good!

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