A good example of the three types of shots that are discussed in Mondays lecture with Professor Ramirez-Berg, could be the scene in Cast Away when Chuck Noland, (Tom Hanks character) is about to be saved.
In this scene the first shot we see is the long shot, this shot shows us Chuck, asleep, floating on the raft that he has made in the middle of the ocean. In this shot we see the open water, Chuck on his handmade raft, and we understand that chuck is all alone. This shot also helps us to connect the dots to where he is and how he got there, and that he is all alone.
The next shot is the middle shot this is where Chuck Noland is waking up, in this shot we get a better view of the character, and a ship enters the scene. The middle scene is the information scene, the information we are receiving is that Chuck has drifted near civilization, and hopefully about to be discovered.
The last shot of the sequence is the close up; this shot shows the face of Chuck Noland clearly. This up-close shot conveys the emotion to viewer that Chuck is feeling when he notices the ship is near. The emotion we see is the exhaustion, and determination to survive, even though Chuck is physically and mentally exhausted he does everything is his power to get the attention of someone on the ship.
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