http://digitalvideodirectors.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:52:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://digitalvideodirectors.com/135/over-the-shoulder-shot/ http://digitalvideodirectors.com/135/over-the-shoulder-shot/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:50:03 +0000 admin http://digitalvideodirectors.com/?p=135 This is a fairly common shot in film making where the camera is placed above the shoulder of an actor or actress to give the movie viewer a look at what the actor sees. It creates a first person viewpoint. OTS is used a lot during interviews to help create a point – counter point exchange. Remember to keep one actor on the left side of the screen and the other actor on the other side of the screen to keep the audience from getting confused.

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