FRAMING
"FRAMING a shot" means choosing
SHOT CHOICE - how much of your subject should appear in the viewfinder, and
COMPOSTITION - how the shot is composed
SEVEN BASIC SHOTS
There are three "categories" of basic shots, with some variation within them:
LONG SHOTS (full body)
Extreme Long Shot (ELS)
Long Shot (LS) 1/3 to 3/4 of frame height
Medium Long Shot (MLS)
MEDIUM SHOT (MS) (mid body)
CLOSE UPS (head)
Medium Close Up (MCU)
Close up (CU)
Extreme Close Up (ECU)
It should be noted that television and film directors that come from different sides of the atlantic use slightly different shot designations for the same photographic information. You will notice in the media college examples that the shot designations of EWS (Extreme Wide Shot) would correspond to our use of the term ELS or (Extreme Long Shot). Take a look at the link below and see if you can identify some other examples of this.
The following graphic with shot identification and descriptors will be the one we will use. Please memorize these framings and shot descriptors.
COMPOSITION
When you look for TIPS on photography, you'll see a lot of tricks people use to make the COMPOSITION of the photo more interesting
In this video:
Rule of Thirds
Headroom
Leading or Nose-room
Leading the Motion
Also Look Up
Perspective
Foreground / Background
Balance