Staging

The camera shot choice can be very important in a scene of a movie or in an animation as it can determine if a certain scene has a specific impact. Here are some examples of Camera shots:

Different camera shots

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In this shot it contains:

- A medium long shot

- same level of eye contact with all the characters/ subjects in this scene

Frozen

The shot below contains:

- An establishing shot

- Diagonal from one end of the screen to the other

- play with rule of third - there's more subject's in the middle of the screen but your attention would most likely go to the largest subject

- four person shot

Tom and Jerry

In the 2 shots below, they both contain:

- Use of overlapping

- 2 people in the shots

- Distinct features to separate 2 different characters/ subjects (the flames)

Although the top image is more of an establishing shot with the use of foreground, middle ground and background, while the bottom image is a medium long shot with quite a lot of overlapping.

Avatar the Last Airbender (Azula v Zuko and Katara)

Avatar the Last Airbender (Azula v Zuko and Katara)

In this photo it contains:

- Foreground, middle ground and background

- The rock in the shot shows that there is distance between the 2 characters (subjects)

Avatar the Last Airbender (Toph v Earthbenders)

In this photo below it contains:

- Over the shoulder shot

- Medium close up shot

- 2 person shot

Tekken: Blood Vengeance (Anna Williams v Nina Williams)

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Bibliography

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/27/movies/disneys-frozen-a-makeover-of-the-snow-queen.html - Frozen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTG1uHpsUa8 - Tom and Jerry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRkI15fIJ1w - Avatar the last airbender (Azula v Zuko and Katara)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUhyyGOx9Gk - Avatar the last airbender (Toph v Earthbenders)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9ldiA4GX70 - Tekken Blood Vengeance (Nina Williams v Anna Williams)