Types of Sounds in a movie

> Diegetic

Diegetic sound is when there is sound and you know where does the source of sound come from on screen. Example the radio, conversation, ear- phones, etc.

> Non Diegetic

Non Diegetic is when there is sound but you don’t know where is it coming from they don’t show or you don’t see the source from where the sound comes from.

this is an example: this video shows a scene from the movie jaws with no music background and background music being added. Reminder you can’t see the where the song comes from.

> Contrapuntal 

Contrapuntal is when the sound goes against your expectation like when you see a dead body you would scream but instead of screaming the character laughs.

Here is an example… please ignore the title

> Parallel

Parallel is when the sound compliments what we see on screen or each other. example a happy scene will have a happy background music or another example is children laughing at the beach.

Types of Camera shots & Angles

1. Close Up Shot (CU):

• A Close up shot is used for characters and it focuses the head and shoulders.
•  It is used to show how Important a character / Object is.
• The close up shot allows us to build a relationship with the character. Example in this picture I could see that she’s is worried.
• Close up shots are meant to show the audience the expression or feelings that the character is going through.

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2. Extreme Close Up Shot:

•  The extreme close up shot focuses on a part of the face usually the eyes or the mouth.
• It is used to convey / show the emotion of the character to the audience. Example if the story focuses on the eyes of a crying person you could tell the character is obviously sad.
• Extreme close up shots are often used at key points in the story.

  

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3. Medium Shot:

Katniss Everdeen, Looks determined and focused, attempting to aim and shoot.

• Medium shot shows the character from the head to the waist.
• A medium shot will show some background
• It shows the body language of the characters.
• Medium shots are meant to show us what the characters are doing and how they feel. Like in the photo above (the left side) you could see the characters are talking. Larry (the guy on the left) looks happy and sort of worried or last bothered), Martin (the guy on the right side) looks worried and angry just by looking at the face and body language while Matt Hooper (the guy in the middle) looks like his trying to say something but nobody is paying attention to him and he also looks pissed.

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4. Long Shot:

Movie: Mean Girls, Shows the 4 girls are popular and they are a gang, there inside a school area surrounded by people.

• Long shots shows full body of the character unlike the medium shot.
• Shows the location of the characters
• Shows the relationship between the characters
• Long shots are often used as a first shot at the start of a particular sequence.

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5. High Angle Shot:

                 

• In a high angle shot the camera is positioned above the character or the place.
• Makes the character look vulnerable.
• High angle shot is meant to make the audience side with the characters in shot.

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6. Low angle shot:

    

• Unlike the high angle shot the low angle shot is the opposite the camera is placed below.
• low angle shot makes characters and object look important, big, and powerful.

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7. Point of View Shot (POV)

  

• Point of view shot is basically shows you what’s the characters point of view.
• You basically become the characters eyes. You see what the character sees.

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8. Pan shot

• Pan short for panoramic
• The camera moves in an arc from a fixed point.
• We all have this in our phones and Panoramic shots are used to mainly to show the view or the landscape of a place.

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9. Zoom Shot:

• Zooms in a important element of something the character may or may not know of but the audience knows.
• Close up, used to focus attention on a relevant detail or emphasise a character’s reaction.

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10. Track shot:

• Track shot is when the camera follows the action of an object or a character.
• Example: Racing cars, a person running for their life.