Today's lecture was about "Cine-Speak". Josh told us about all the different shot sizes that are used and their abbreviations - it sure would have been handy to have had this lecture PRIOR to the tute yesterday.
The types of different shots are;
VLS/WS: Very LS/Wide Shot
LS: Long Shot
MLS: Medium LS
MS: Mid Shot
MCU: Medium CU
CU: Close Up
BCU: Big CU
ECU: Extreme CU
Josh then went on to explain how each different type of shot is used to answer the Who, What, Where, How, Why and When in relation to the story that is being told.
The last thing we learnt was the Headroom, Talking Room, Rule of Thirds, and The 180'. This part I didn't really understand as much but I'm sure it won't be long and I'll be talking the lingo.
The one point that Josh did stress is that in film, every shot needs to serve a purpose. Every shot must move the story forward.
And so another lovely 8am lecture came to an end..
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