The 5 Shot Rules

The Five Shot Rules.

The 5 shot rule is a essential to any video, it is the building blocks most video as it varies from different shots to show the surrounding area to the subject that is being filmed.


The video that you see up is a reviewed by me using the 5 shot rule for shooting video. Below a quick review of what that looks like.

1. An extreme close-up (detail) of action (movement)
2. Close-up of the face of the person doing the action
3. Medium shot, face and action together
4. Over-the-shoulder view of the action (gives viewer the point of view of the person doing the action)
5. Another (different) angle

Glossary of Terms.

TASK 1: Understand current uses of video in interactive media.

Key Terms:	Describe and explain the meaning of each term, give examples where appropriate.
Video Formats. E.g mov, avi.	There are many video formats that can be played onto video player. A video format is a file that contains video.
Streaming.	It means that the data being transferred can be used immediately, without having to download the "thing" in it's entirety before it can be used.
File Compression.	It means when it get a larger file in to a smaller zip file.
Aspect Ratios: 4:3, 16:9.	It means the width and the height of the image. For example 4:3 means every 3inch of the height, you will have 4 inch of width.
Frame Rates.	It means how many  images there is in a second.