what is cinematography

 What Is Cinematography

Cinematography is the way they capture the shots they will use in the film. It is also the way they film the shot that they will take , the creative side of it all to make the audience see what is happening and what they want you to feel. In cinematography it consists of the following list below.

Glossary Of Cinematography 

PAN - The movement of the camera going left to right or right to left

ZOOM IN - It is when they go more in to the shot

ZOOM OUT - This is when they go out of the shot

POINT VEIW SHOT - It shows where or what the character is looking or seeing through their eyes.

SPEED/RATE - How fast the shot in the film is

SHALLOW FOCUS - It is when they make everything in the background blurred except what they want people to concentarte on

DEEP FOCUS - It is use to show the whole to to the front all the way at the back with the shot being a clear focus

FRAMING - How they position everything that the camera shot

CLOSE UP  - This is when they have a shot of the face of the character. it is use to show how the actor is feeling during the scene

MIDE SHOT - This is a shot of the top half of the character to the mid body section of that person.

LONG SHOT - It is when they have a full body shot with some background of where the character is , this shot is use to show what is happening in the scene

TRACKING SHOT -  When the camera follows the characters around while they are performing the scene that is taking place.

BIRD SHOT -  When the camera is facing straight  down on the scene. this is used when getting a feel of the scene like someone looking down like god.

WORM SHOT - It is when the camera is looking straight up . This give the effect that the worlds is a big place

CRAN SHOT-  It is use when they cant do it with a normal camera.

TILT - When they move the camera up and down when filming

HIGH ANGLE - This is when it is place up at eyes lave with it pointing down at people to show that one character is high then the others

LOW ANGLE - this is when the camera is low and is pointing up to show the person looking up at the person