Micro Features- Cinematography

Cinematography is film photography, it is motion picture photography; in the film and media industry it is a job done by Cinamatographists and it looks at the developments and processes of the film with as well the shooting of the film. 

In Cinematography there is a range of meanings and ranges  of terms in Cinematography, such as Shot types and camera movements.

There a wide range of different shot types, such as: Hand-held shot or POV Point of view shot: This is a particular shot that shows the characters have control over what you see, the actions and thoughts the characters may have, and normally meaning you see what they see and the 'truth' of the filming (regards to the storyline) giving a sense of realism. Extreme close-up: Conveys an emotion or feeling a character is feeling and how insecure or vulnerable they might be. Medium close-up and Close-up: Draws the attention onto a particular person, pays attention to body language, what their wearing, mainly focuses on one person but can include other people. High Angle makes someone appear vulnerable or weak, shows them of a lower authority or status. Low Angle is a shot in contrast to High Angle shot that makes someone appear powerful and strong. Eye-level Shot is a shot that gives us the impression the shot is taken at the same angle as us so that our face is parallel to ours, normally makes the effect that the character is taking to us directly. Over the Shoulder is a type of shot that is typically used when two characters are having a conversation, and it can also be used to show a essence of mystery about a character as we do not always see their face in this particular shot. Long Shot wants you to pay particular attention to what a person is doing, their entire body language and to familiarise yourself with this character. Wide Shot wants you as the audience to pay particular attention to the background, normally to 'set the scene'. Pan Shot is a shot that rotates horizontally around the set to help set a theme such as a slow pan would give us the impression something scary would happen and jump out at the camera where-as a quick pan may just be used to jump from one particular element of the story to another, a pan is also used to show the background. Tilt Shot moves vertically, it conveys that something may of happened to a character such as being knocked out and fallen down, and to move to a next scene because of that, it can also convey something bad happening in the film. Tracking Shot tracks the movements of a character, (normally the protagonist) it shows us what the character may be like, and gives us an 'insight' as to the characters life and what they like to do, it is also used in the beginning of film to show that the tracker is the main character in the filming. Crane Shot a crane shot shows the depth a character can have about them, also used for special effects and cranes are normally used to help film the shot, a crane shot can also show a big group of people or crowd. In films like 'Western High Moon' the crane slowly backs away and rises showing how alone the character is. Aerial Shot is shot from a helicopter or even plane to give a birds eye view of a place, normally setting the location of the film, even can convey a feeling of flying. Two Shot shows two characters in a scene and looks closely and focuses on the relationship between the two characters and what they say to each over.