Shot Development
When organizing a scene, you need to consider not only how you are going to arrange each key shot, but how it is going to develop into subsequent shots.
Setting up the shot
Preferably using a ‘normal’ lens angle of around 20–27°, adjust the camera’s distance from the subject, to give you the shot size you want– e.g. a waist shot. Although you could simply alter the zoom lens’ angle instead, remember that this will exaggerate or compress depth to some extent, (Slight changes in lens angle to tighten or loosen the shot a little will not be noticed.)
Choose the camera’s height to suit the situation.
• Higher viewpoints diminish the subject’s strength or importance, and reveal more of the floor and middle distance.
• Lower
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