Camera Shots, Angles, Movements, and Literary Topics

Camera Shots, Angles, and Movements

Types of Camera Shots

• Major General Plan (Extreme Long Shot): The person appears reduced in size or is not visible. Establishes the scene.
• Outline (Long Shot): The person occupies approximately one-third of the frame. Focuses on the character.
• Plan Set (Medium Long Shot): Shows relationships between people, often used for Augmented Reality (AR) figures.
• Entire Plan (Full Shot): The person appears complete. Portrays the character fully.
• American Plan (Medium Shot): The person is shown from the knees up. Brings us closer to the character.
• Midplane (Medium Close-Up): Cuts the character at waist height. Highlights gestures.
• Foreground (Close-Up): Shows the character's face. Highlights emotions and feelings.
• Plan Detail (Extreme Close-Up): Focuses on a specific body part. Draws particular attention.

Types of Camera Angles

• Dive (High Angle): The camera is placed above the subject. Indicates inferiority or vulnerability.
• Normal (Eye-Level): The camera is at eye level. Creates a sense of naturalness.
• Contrapicat (Low Angle): The camera is placed below the subject. Expresses grandeur or power.

Camera Movements

Panoramic, Traveling, Zoom, and Crane.

Literary Concepts

Subordinate Clauses

• Substantive Subordinate Clauses: Example: "I asked you that you help me review the script."
• Adjective Subordinate Clauses: Example: "Charles met with the director who directed the film."

Books of Chivalry vs. Chivalric Novels

• Books of Chivalry:
  • Recreate a past and remote time.
  • Action shifts to distant and exotic landscapes.
  • Feature fantastic elements like dragons, dwarfs, giants, etc.
  • Characters have superhuman strength and attributes.
• Chivalric Novels:
  • Reflect the mood of the time when written.
  • Action happens in known and identifiable locations.
  • No wonderful elements appear.
  • Characters are presented with human dimensions.

Time of Speech

Time is shown in relation to events, affecting order or duration.

• Order: Disposition refers to events in chronological order: linear or discontinuous. Includes retrospection (flashback), anticipation (flashforward), and concurrency.
• Durability: Refers to the relationship between the actual duration of events and their length in the story. Includes short, ellipses, and extension.

Monolingualism vs. Plurilingualism

• Monolingualism: Individuals of the same territory speak the same language, promoting communicative effectiveness through a single linguistic code.
• Plurilingualism: In Europe, only three nations (Portugal, Iceland, and Albania) are predominantly monolingual, as most governments have been formed by grouping different nations with different languages.