Music Video Research: Camera Shots and Skills
These images show key camera shots that I will include in my music video with some key skills that i have to consider when creating my music video.

Establishing Shot (EST) / Long Shot (L/S): This type of shot is commonly used to add a greater context to the beginning image sequence to help the audience in determining where something is and its location. Quite often two different shots are used one after another in this establishing shot which we can use to make the image sequence easier for the audience to follow.This helps as the first shot adds context, whilst the second typically helps the audience understand what scene is which and in what location it is set.

Mid Shot (M/S): This shot includes a fair area of background which still establishes location/time. The mid shot also includes the main focus ( character or object) within the shot which helps promote general detail to sense of dress, facial expressions and also helps create a sense of belonging within the shot. This can be used within music videos to promote a sense of action and attention to detail whilst helping the audience understand what is happening, these shots generally are taken from the waist up to promote this.

Two Shot: The two shotis similar to that of a Mid-shot which includes two different characters in the same shot. This type of shot is conventionally used when the two characters are having a conversation with each other to show expression or an action in which they are doing. This also can be seen in shots where they try to express relationships and expression between them.

Close Up (C/U): This help focus the attention of the audience onto the character. This is typically use for shots that show a conversation between two people and can be use with a two shot. A close up helps show attitude and feelings which you cannot find in great detail in other furthur away shots such as mid/ establishing shots. This attention to detail helps the audience see the emotions within the shot and understand what is going on and on a greater and personal level than that of another shot.

extreme Close Up (ECU): These types of shot also go one step further than the close up as they pay specific detail to emotions of the face. These shots focus in on body part generally shown to show emotion such as the eyes to express a range of emotions from fear to happiness. We see this shot as it clearly indicates to an audience a specifc feeling from that of a character which we can as an audience understand.

Extreme Close Up (ECU): Extreme close ups can also include objects or other non facial expressions. The importance of the object is shown through this shot such as a ring or a phone to show its sygnificance as it generally stays wwithin the shot for a greater time than another type of shot.The object is viewed closely whilst its viewed and deemed sygnificant and important to the video or collection of shots as it shows the greatest detail.

Conventions Of Framing:
Headroom:
The headroom is the space between the top of the frame and generally the character. The headroom between has to be correct as the character can look unproportioned in the image, this is why there has to be a perfect balance as if you get this factor wrong the image will look unbalanced and visually incorrect. Below are two images which are correct and incorrect. These show the best way to get the perfect shot between a mid shot and a close up to help get the correct effect.

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