Shooting techniques

There are many ways in which you can shoot a conversation. This includes the 180 degree rule, this is where the cameras are shooting from one side of a line. This is good because the audience don't get confused about who is sat or stood where and who the person is talking at the time. Another shot used whilst shooting a conversation is the over the shoulder shot. This is where we see over the shoulder of the person being spoke to looking at the person speaking. This gives the effect that we are involved in the conversation making it engage the audience more. Other shots used when shooting a conversation consist of Wide, close up and extreme close up which seem as though the person speaking is actually speaking to the audience making them engage into the conversation more. All these are ways of shooting conversations and there are more such as a cutaway, eyeline match, noddy, two shot and action match/ match on action. These make the conversation effective and engage the audience making the conversations through the films more interesting and less boring.

When shooting someone walking there is usually a variety of shot types and a variety of shot angles. The most common shot to use when filming someone walking is an extreme close up of their feet. This builds tension as we want to know who the feet belong to and where they are walking to. The pace of the persons walking and also the times they place their feet on the floor are often edited to be in sync with music if there is some. The camera speed matches the speed at which the person is walking making it seem as though the audience is either following them or infront of them.

The variety of shot types used in both these everyday things in films makes it a lot more interesting to watch and engages the audience more instead of if it was just one shot all the time.