The Extreme Close up shot

Extreme close up shots are when the camera gets really close to something (be it a character or an object) to the point where you don’t get to see every piece of the subject, for example, many extreme close ups on people and/or animals often choose to focus on the eyes to emphasis the emotions of said person/animal. one great example is in the opening shot of a film called Little Miss Sunshine (https://s.studiobinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Ultimate-Guide-To-Camera-Shots-An-Extreme-Close-up-On-Eyes-In-Little-Miss-Sunshine.jpeg?x57987&resolution=2560,2) another great example of an extreme close up shot comes in one of the scenes in the movie, Once Upon A Time In The West.

consistency you might notice in these extreme close up shots in the case of the characters is that they always focuses on the eyes and eyebrows to emphasis the emotion of the characters they choose to focus on. (the determination on the faces of both Little Miss Sunshine’s main character and the character from Once Upon A Time In The West)

Camera Shot Lightning round: Mid shots are for when you want to focus on a specific character without getting too close, this is used to create an equal footing between the audience and the character on screen. Long shots are used when you want to have 3 or more characters in a scene and are mainly used in fight scenes. Establishing shots are used when you want to establish the location of your current scene to the audience, it’s commonly used as a transition point between two locations. Dutch angles are commonly used to disorient the viewer because the camera is slightly tilted, this is commonly used if a character is either drunk or under the influence of (often illegal) drugs. Close ups are similar to their extreme counterpart but you can see a little bit of the surrounding environment, this is often used to either make the audience intimate or uncomfortable with a particular character. High angle shots are used to make a particular character feel small and/or vulnerable and as a result often gets the audience to sympathise with the main character. High angle shots are used to convey the opposite idea, making a character seem stronger and bigger rather than smaller and more vulnerable, this makes this shot type especially useful for making the villains threatening