Three Shot Sequences

This is a video that my team and I made a while back. Our assignment was to create a video that showed a three-shot sequence. Sequences are very important to a film, production, or project. If a video or film is stuck with one boring angle throughout the entirety of the its length, then the audience will get bored and loose interest. Before we made this video, I never really paid attention to the importance of different shot types and angles. A viewer doesn't realize how important these aspects are until they are the ones producing the footage.

A three-shot sequence usually starts with a wide shot; This shows the full subject. Next, is a medium shot; Shows part of the subject, commonly cut off at the waist. Finally, there is the last shot. A close-up or extreme close-up. You have the option to choose whether a close-up or and extreme close-up is better depending on what kind of effect you are trying to create. A close-up is kind of self explanatory. You simply place the camera close to a subject. An extreme close-up is when you position the camera or zoom in on, well, extremely close to the subject. This shot is useful when trying to express the detail of a small subject.