Film Studies 1022 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Telephoto Lens, Normal Lens, Medium Shot

• School: Western University
• Department: Film Studies
• Course: Film Studies 1022
• Professor: Barbara Bruce

Document Summary

Extreme long shot: captures a scene in its entirety; used for establishing location in exterior shots. Used frequently in epic genres such as westerns and war films, it reduces human beings to mere dots on the screen. Long shot: accommodates at least the entire bodies of figures (if that is all the shot includes, it is called a full shot). Captures movement, background, and broad gestures and expressions. Medium shot: contains a figure from the waist or knees up. It is a functional shot, favored in classical hollywood editing, often used for scenes with dialogue. Close-up: includes very little if any background, concentrating on an object or, if an extreme close-up, a fragment of an object, such as the human face. Close-ups often accord great significance and symbolic value to the objects they portray. Deep focus shot: a variation of the long shot that keeps objects in the foreground, middle ground, and background in focus all at once.