This lecture will cover short sizes, there are several standard short sizes. And this is actually an important issue because short sizes are pretty timeless concept, and it is important to basic cinematic language skills that you should adopt and understand early on. When telling a visual story, it's important to choose your shot wisely. The way you choose to frame your subject or object in a particular moment says a lot about what you're trying ultimately to say, and I think is a huge element in how you can place your different shots sizes in different order that can change the scene dramatically. What differentiates a film from a play is the way filmmakers can manipulate the audience fields of view and a play the audience is in a wide shot the entire time always looking at the entire stage and all the actors on it, they can choose to look wherever they want.

In a movie, you decide what your audience sees and how a long shot can show a vast landscape like Mount Everest and an extreme close up can show the sadness of a child learning that his mother has passed away today difference in these shots makes a fabric of visual storytelling. long shots are used to emphasize a location around the subject. long shots and wide shots mean the same thing. A full shot the fist subjects from head to toe without showing much of his surroundings. These shots were very popular in the beginning of cinema film, filmmakers understood the power of medium shots and close ups. A full shot distance the character from the viewer both physically and physiologically, they carry less emotional weight, and therefore they are not the best choice during emotional scene.

If you want to convey your subject anger, fear or happiness, close ups are much much more effective. A full shot would be more appropriate doing a character's entrance. Medium shots are the most common types of shots in movies medium shots are halfway between long shots and close ups showing most of the subject body. Some writers say that the medium shot shows the character from little above the knees to the top of his head. Others say that medium shot only goes low is little above the waist. Wherever you choose to go with a medium shot is in between a full shot and a close up.

Composition guidelines suggest that frame lines should cut actors their joints. So as long as the operator avoid knees, waist, elbows etc. The framing shouldn't be a problem. In other words just go a little higher or lower with the framing to avoid the joints. The meeting should also include two other famous shot types. The two shot with two actors facing the same screen direction and the over the shoulder shots showing conversation in which the actors sit or stand across from each other.

In close up shots. The subject take most of the frame allowing little observation on the environment. close ups are much more dramatic than long or medium shots. They are preferred when emphasizing someone's emotion. Also known as a detail shot extreme close ups. do exactly that show A small detail that would otherwise be missed in a wide shot.

For close ups and extreme close ups using a telephoto lens is better. Other types of shots worth mentioning are insert shots and reaction shots insert shots don't focus on people. They are utilized to emphasize an important object such as envelope with money or a gun that would otherwise be lost in a wider shot. In so shorts are tight shots in which objects fill most of the frame. Even if inserts don't reveal anything new, they're still useful during the editing process is the smooth transition between shots, often serving as the natural shot that allows a breach of the 180 degree rule. Reaction shots are also known as a cutaway.

Usually a close up of an actor reacting to the main scene like a conversation or an event. The reaction may be conveyed by a sneer or a green or any other gesture that conveys an emotion. The logic of the reaction shot is that the emotion reaction of The actor, the felicitate will move the story forward or reveal something about him. Those are pretty much the basic shots that now you should know. Now when you watch a movie, you will pay attention to different sizes and try to take notice of what the director is trying to emphasize or convey. Next up, we'll be talking about how we actually get the coverage of what we want to shoot.

See you there.