Camera Shots

1 . Extreme long shot

Extreme Long Shot
This can be taken from as much as a quarter of a mile away, and is generally used as a scene-setting, establishing shot.


2. Long Shot


This is the most difficult to categorise precisely, but is generally one which shows the image as approximately "life" size ie corresponding to the real distance between the audience and the screen in a cinema (the figure of a man would appear as six feet tall).







3. Medium Shot

Contains a figure from the knees/waist up and is normally used for dialogue scenes, or to show some detail of action. Variations on this include the TWO SHOT (containing two figures from the waist up) and the THREE SHOT (contains 3 figures...). NB. Any more than three figures and the shot tends to become a long shot.






4. Close-Up

This shows very little background, and concentrates on either a face, or a specific detail of mise en scène. Everything else is just a blur in the background. This shot magnifies the object (think of how big it looks on a cinema screen) and shows the importance of things, be it words written on paper, or the expression on someone's face. The close-up takes us into the mind of a character.


5. Extreme Close-Up

As its name suggests, an extreme version of the close up, generally magnifying beyond what the human eye would experience in reality. An extreme close-up of a face, for instance, would show only the mouth or eyes, with no background detail whatsoever.

Action/Adventure Convention Analysis

Action/Adventure Convention Analysis

1.     The title of the film is The Mortal Instruments; City Of Bones. The movie was released 21st August 2013, in the USA, Canada, and UK. It was directed by Harold Zwart. The cast includes; Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Robert Sheehan... 

2.     The sub-genres within this movie is Romance and Fantasy. The relationship between Clary and Jace signifies romance, and the animals and beats they fight signifies Fantasy.

3.      When her mother disappears, Clary Fray learns that she descends from a line of warriors who protect our world from demons. She joins forces with others like her and heads into a dangerous alternate New York called Downworld.

4.      The protagonist of this movie is; Clary Fray (Lily Collins).   Clary is a fiery redhead, with a personality to match, she stands out. The movie follows her about 95% of the time. She is a conventional hero because towards the middle/end of the film, she draws where themortsl cup is, leading them to the location.

5.       Valentine Morgenstern is the main antagonist of the first half of the series. He infects his son with Demon blood and is betrayed by his former best friend, Lucian Graymark, and his wife at the Uprising of the Accords. Upon fleeing the battle, Valentine is assumed to be dead and goes into hiding with his son and adopted son, Jace Herondale.

Years later, when City of Bones begins, Valentine finds Jocelyn and wants her to reveal where the Mortal Cup is located. He kidnaps her, but is unable to extract information from her due to her self-induced comatose state. He eventually secures the Mortal Cup, and the Mortal Sword and goes to the Mortal Glass to summon the Angel Raziel. It is in that moment that he is slain by the Angel.

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7. There is loads of action and adventure in this movie, they all embark in a quest to find the mortal cup, and action because there is alot of demon killing along the way.

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