AO2. Describe the structure of media products using the correct terminology. As appropriate to chosen products.

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When shooting a short film or an extended piece of media you have a vast majority of shots to choose from.

Firstly you have the close-ups. Close-ups are used to condense a person or object into a magnifying shot drawing attention to it. Close-ups range differently, you can also use extreme close-ups which enhances the view on the object by great proportions.

Here is an example of a close up.






Close-ups in soaps are commonly used to show the emotion of the character the camera is focussed on.  Normally in Eastenders the last soundtrack is the classic 'Boom Boom Boom' a close up is often used in this point in time.

POV means point of view, so when you have a POV shot, you have the camera acting as a persons view. Normally you would have something called a head cam on someone's head and then he/she would walk around as you see everything that they would see. It is a great way of putting the audience into the actor/actresses shoes. Here is a photo (on the right) from a T.V. show called 'Peep Show' they talk to camera as they would the actor, making it look like he is talking to the audience.


Like the close-up there are a few different shots linked in with distance. There is the medium shot which covers the head to shoulders area and and a long shot covers the whole body and of course the extreme long shot is just further than a normal long shot.

The cutaway shot shot is when you purposely cut from the subject at matter for a short period of time to reveal something else concerning the subject. Similar to the 'cutaway', the cut-in shot normally cuts to close up of an object of importance, normally it is something a character is holding or something they don't know about.



A panning shot is when the camera rotates normally on a tri-pod) left to right or vies versa. The tilt shot is like the panning shot but works vertically.

A 'dolly shot' is often referred to as a tracking shot, it consists of the camera moving along a tack of some fashion, it then stays focused on a particular subject whether it be living thing or a vehicle.
To the right is picture of tracking shot in progress, you can see the track they use and how much it takes to set up this shot.

A crane shot is similar to the dolly shot as it is on a large pivoting device, it is used to swoop down onto a certain subject normally from a higher view.

Ensemble shots are simply shots of a group of 3-6 people often used to show a hierarchy in the group if a character is backed up with other characters behind her/him.




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The Gutter, also known as an alley is the small space between the articles to let binding take place.

Hard news is news that is more serious and is normally not meant to be seen by all ages. A good example for hard news would be politics or violent stories for example the image below has the factor of death within it.

soft news is news that is not as serious and is regarded suitable for the general population whether it they be the age of 5 or the age of 90. For example, kittens born or any light hearted news would make the area for soft news. A popular concept for soft news is celebrity news although it sometimes borderlines the hard news section as it depends on what they have done that has brought them into the spotlight. Below, the hard news is on the right and soft news on the left.

The guardian also has a variant of hard news to soft news as you can see below, the one on the right is soft news and hard news is on the left.