Film Shot Types

Film shot types

Title	Description
Extreme long shot
Long shot	They use a long shot to show the house with the characters entering and exiting.
Medium shot	This was the main shot throughout ‘Nosferatu’ showing a wide view of the area but still close enough to the character.
Two shot	Two shot was used quite a lot as the characters had company a lot of the time.
Over the shoulder
Medium close-up	They use this to show the face of the vampire, so you can see the detail of the emotion in his eyes.
Close-up
Extreme close-up

Camera angles

Title	Description
Bird’s-eye view
High angle
Eye-level	Most of the clip is filmed eye-level so you can see a lot of the surroundings as well as the emotion on the characters face.
Low angle	There is the occasional low angle that usually accompanies the long shot.
Oblique/canted angle
Worm’s-eye view
Ground shot

Camera movement

Title	Description
Pan	‘Nosferatu’ Pans for the majority of the clip with the occasional still shot.
Tilt
Tracking shot
zoom

Editing terms

Title	Description
Montage
Cross-cutting	‘Nosferatu’ uses a lot of cross-cutting throughout the clip to add suspence.
Match cut
Shot, reverse chot
Eyeline match
Jump cut
Tracking shot

Analysing the single-camera techniques in "Sex & the City"

The techniques used are effective because you can get smooth camera movement going from a wide shot to a close up, also smooth movement from once place to another; for example the movement between 1 minute 24 and 1 minute 32.

The effect of the non-diegetic music at about 24 seconds suggests to the audience that something fun/upbeat is coming up and makes the viewer feel like the characters. Carrie talking over adds some comedy to the programme as well as telling the audience what the actors can’t show which helps the viewers understand the characters more.

Editing contributes to the continuity by keeping the programme flowing which keeps the viewers entertained. Editing also means you can add and take out some scenes that may not have worked which gives a better quality outcome.