Camera Angles and Shots and Downton Abbey- soical class- camera shots and angles

Shoots are used to set the scene and to show as much as possible.  this adds atmosphere and time and location are there established shoots. shows the setting and the story line. it may not be always at the beginning it can appear part way through the narrative because they have changed setting.

-the wide angle- shot is to get a group of people or a wide scenario.
-high shot- mass destruction, looking down, showing how big things are
-medium shot- draws attention to people, follow the long shot, the director is enabling the audience to become more familiar so you can see the facial expression and body language. waist and above.
-close up- more dramatic and its just their face, focus attention and their emotions, shows significance to it , shows emotional state.
- extreme long shot- extra time and the place of the setting for the story line and is used at the beginning of the episode.
- extreme close up its just the face of the person or the thing and cant see anything else create tension or emotion or so you can simply just read it. draws them further into the characters view point. it restricts the audiences view, can be weakness or power because of it. creating tension
-one shot - one person in it
-two shot- two people in the shot in the frame and expresses the relationship between them two people
-long shot- to be able to see a person head to toe.

Downton Abbey- social class- camera shots and angles

Having watched a 4 minute extract of  Downton Abbey and from the extract i found that angles and shots  and movement can state a persons social class.

When a servant is with a upper class person they are by their side in the shot as the upper class person is in the centre. It tracks the women in the grey because she is of a higher social class. it shows the full view of her because she is more significant. Main characters are in the foreground of the shot while the back ground people are in the background. they are less important than the main characters. The servant walks away while the upper class ladies stay there making them out to be more important (long shot). This also accrues at the beginning when the women in black and the women in grey are working and people in a lower status as them in the background move out the way of the long shot and are only their for a short amount of time. this makes them less important in the show and defiantly lower in the social class.

When the upper class person shows concern to a servant then that person goes more towards the centre of the shot but not exactly in the middle. Showing that they are getting the respect and are being treated equal to the upper class but not exactly up to their social class. As servant are mainly on the side of a shot while the upper class person is mostly in the centre of the shot this shows that upper class are more important. Also to show that the upper class is more important they angle the camera at the dog on the ground and rose it so it looked at the upper class person showing that they are higher than a dog (dog could symbolise the servants). Also that the main servant had a more higher shot than the chauffeur because he is slightly more higher in the social class than him but neither of them are as high as the lord of the house who's presence is very dominant. Clearly stating he is upper class and has plenty of money.