I Am Legend - Camera Techniques

2008-09-01T17:06:00.000-07:00

1) Bird's-Eye View - A bird's-eye view is a view of an object from above, as though the observer were a bird, often used in the making of blueprints, floor plans and maps.

2) Close-Up - Close-up tightly frames a person or object. The most common close-ups are ones of actors' faces. They are also used extensively in stills photography.

3) Extreme Longshot - An extreme long shot is used to show a large amount of landscape around the character/s. This is also known as an establishing shot. It is when the camera is at its furthest distance from the subject.

4) Handheld Shot - Hand-held shot is a film and video technique in which a camera is literally held in the camera-operator's hands, as opposed to being placed on a tripod. The result is an image that is perceptibly shakier than that of a tripod-mounted camera.

5) Crane shot - Crane shot is a shot taken by a camera on a crane. The most obvious uses are to view the actors from above or to move up and away from them, also a common way of ending a movie. Most cranes accommodate both the camera and an operator, but some can be operated by remote control.

6) Long shot - Long shot (sometimes referred to as a full shot or a wide shot) typically shows the entire object or human figure and is usually intended to place it in some relation to its surroundings.

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I Am Legend - Camera Techniques