Cinematography : 12 Camera Shots by Maurice Vaughan

Maurice Vaughan everyone has a meaning in the image. and sometimes we create something from a scene. thanks for sharing!

You're welcome, John January Noble. Do you have a favorite shot?

My favorites are the Over-The-Shoulder and the Dutch shots. Best scene for the OTS is the restaurant scene from "Heat" and the restaurant scene from the first "Mission: Impossible" film.

I like the Over-The-Shoulder and Dutch Shots, Tony Ray. Have you used a POV Shot before? I see POV shots in movies, but not as much as other shots like Wide and Close-up.

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Maurice Vaughan Not yet, but I have a few scripts that utilize the POV to great effect.

Cool, Tony Ray. I use POV in some of my scripts, and I've written two First-person short scripts. I wrote the first-person action lines regularly, then I realized the characters couldn't see/do certain things in that POV, so I had to rewrite the lines.

I use OTS a lot and normally abuse of close-ups, mostly because of low budget and location limits ;-), but I'd love to master Dutch angle shots and I can foresee I'll make use of POV for my next short! can't wait to try it!

I like very much very wide shots where you see all the scenery; I like also these wide shots to have different elements of different sizes in foreground, background, middle ground and the rest of the "grounds".

I like also very much close-ups, also insert shots and macro shots; but I like many kinds of shots that are good; maybe each kind of shot can be used at the right moment, at the right time, in the right place...

Of course, I think, it depends also very much on the lighting and colors and composition and the rest of the things to make a shot good.