Camera Shots Quiz
In this activity we got into pairs and were supposed to tell a story using 15 shot types that we learned about, in which 10 were assigned to us and the other 5 we could choose. We were supposed to use inanimate objects to tell the story, we had to use the shots in a way that would clearly show the main idea and tone of our story.
Me and my partner decided to make our story about bullying. We used 3 different mascaras, 2 were mean girls, and the other one was a new girl at the school. Our story took place in the classroom, the hallway during lunch break, and in the bathroom. It was the new girl's first day of school, and when the mean girls walk into class they see her sitting down and go up to her, the new girl felt intimidated by them, we used a low angle to show the new girls perspective when the mean girls came, and a high angle to show the means girls perspective looking at the new girl, and to show that she was intimidated we used a close up shot. During lunch break the new girl is alone and the new girls go up to her and start laughing at her, and one of the girl pushes her and she falls, while she's on the floor after falling, we used a dutch angle to show dizziness and confusion. After that she runs to the bathroom and starts crying, we used an extreme close up, the new girls then walk in and see her crying. They apologize for being mean and ask her if they can be friends, the new girl says yes and they all spend the rest of lunch together, we used a long shot.
I think I did a good job in using the shots in a way that would make sense and contribute to the theme and tone of the story, for example the dutch angle, we used it to show the new girl after she fell, I think it was a good choice because it shows that she was dizzy and confused after falling. I could've done a better job with the mid-shot where one of the mean girls pushes the new girl, while I think you can tell the girl was pushing the other girl, it was a little hard since mascaras don't have arms.
