All of these video clips listed below captured the 5 shot method. They all have close-up of action, close-up of person’s face, medium shot of the person doing the action, over the shoulder shot and some type of other shot. I felt all 3 of these video clips were good with how they told the story by the various shots and invited me in to feel like part of the story.
1. Seattle Times video clip “Mahjong at Legacy House” – As I was watching this clip I felt like I was actually sitting at the table playing mahjong. This video has close-up of hands, medium shot of hands with face in it, shot of feet, face shot, wide shot, over the shoulder shot and a shot of the action from above looking downward.
2. USA Today video clip “More Kids Taking Chinese as a Second Language” – I thought this one was good because the topic seemed like it would be difficult to present in video but was put together very well. I felt like I understood the story that was trying to be conveyed through the various video shots. This video has a wide shot of the back of the kids facing the teacher, medium side shot of the kids on their faces, close-up of kids hands as they are writing, close-up of their school paper, medium shot of teacher hands pointing to their work on the screen, face shot of kids, close-up of lips as kid is speaking and a couple symbolic shots of the Chinese and American flag as it relates to the story.
3. BBC video clip “Can Bowls Charm a Younger Crowd?” – As I watched this video I felt like I was actually there and playing. This clip invited me in to feel like I was a part of it. In the first 25 seconds you get a quick variety of shots; medium shot of person doing the action, shadow shot of person doing action, close-up of feet, close-up of balls with hand in it, wider shot with more people in it while person is doing the action, close-up shot of the ball as it is rolling and a shot of where the ball lands facing the people in the background from where the ball was thrown.
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