CAMERA SHOTS

VLS - Very long shot
This is used to show the subject in the picture and the scene around it.

LS - Long shot
This is used to allow the whole body to be shown in the shot with a little detail around it.

MLS - Medium long shot
This shows the main subject in the image and makes you focus on the subject its self.

 

MS - Medium shot
This shot is used to show the subject from the waist up this shows their body language.

MCU - Medium close up
This shot is used to focus on the subjects face which allows there to be a main focus in the image.

CU - Close up
This allows you to see the expression on the subjects face and their head down to their sholders.

BCU - Big close up

This shows the detail in the persons face and allows you to see a clear expression on it.

ECU - Extreme close up
This is used to show the main focus on an area of someone and enhances the detail in the shot even further.

THE 100

^{The 100 is an American post apocalyptic television drmam that was premiered on The CW during 2013 and 2014. the series is based upon the book of the same name and the its first in the series by Kass Morgfan and was then developed by Jason Rothenberg. the show was then premiered on March 19th 2014. Earth has been abandoned for 97 years will the ark keep its 2,400 passengers alive or will The 100 save them?}

LIFE

Life is an American crime dram created by Rand Ravich. It had aired for two seasons on NBC. it was produced by Universal Media Studios under the supervision of executive producers Ravich, Far Shariat, David Semel and Daniel Sackheim. David Semel directed the first pilot episode. it consists of Charlie Crews played by Damian Lewis a detective just released from prison on September 26th 2007 on NBC and was shown on Wednesdays. On May 4th 2009 NBC announced the cancellation of the show.

BAND OF BROTHERS

Band of Brothers is a ten part 11 hour long television World War 2 drama. it was originally produced and broadcast in 2001. it was based upon historians Stephen E.Ambrose's 1992 book of the same title. the exclusive producers were Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks who has collaborated on the 1998 World War 2 film Saving Private Ryan. The episode first aired in 2001 on HBO. They still run now on different TV networks around the world.

24

24 is an American television drams series produced by Fox Network. It was created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran. The series has a counter terrorism unit (CTU) agent Jack Bauer played by Kiefer Sutherland. Each episode covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer it uses real time method of narration. it was shown from November 6th 2001 until May 24th 2010 it consisted of 192 episodes in a total of eight seasons. An additional television film was made called 24: Redemption it was broadcast between season six and seven.

HOUSE

House is an American television drama that originally ran on Fox for eight seasons from November 16th 2004 until May 21st 2012. the shows main character Dr. Gregory House played by Hugh Laurie is a pain killer dependent medical genius who leads a team of diagnosticians at the Princeton - Plainsboro teaching hospital. the exclusive producer included David Shore, Paul Attanasio, Katie Jacobs and film director Bryan Singer. It was mainly filmed in Century City.

THE MENTALIST

The Mentalist is an American Police drama that was show on September 23rd 2008. It was aired on CBS. The show was created by Bruno Heller who is also the exclusive producer. The show follows a former 'psychic' Patrick Jane Played by Simon Baker who is a consultant to the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI). he uses his highly developed skills he has acquired to 'read' peoples minds.

PRISON BREAK

Prison Break is a TV drama made by Paul Scheuring. It was originally broadcast on Fox for four seasons from 2005 until 2209. the series includes two brothers one of which has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit and the other creates a plan to help his brother escape from prison. it was produced by Adelstine - Parouse Productions in association with Original Television and 20th Century Fox.

DEXTER

Dexter is an American drama series. the series focuses on Dexter Morgan played by Michael C. Hall a crime investigator working for Miami Metro Police Department who leads a secret life as a serial killer. he hunts down criminals that have slipped through the justice system. Set in Miami the first season came from the novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter (2004) this was written by Jeff Lindsay. it was adapted to a TV series by James Mans Jr. He wrote the first episode inderpendantly

SHERLOCK

Sherlock is a British Television crime drama. This is a modern adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes detective stories. The modern TV series starts Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock homes and martin freeman as Doctor John Watson. There have been nine episodes and the first three were shown in 2010 and series two was shown in 2012 and finally the third series was shown in 2014. The third series has achieved the most watched TV drama series since 2001. It is set and filmed in Cardiff.

GAME OF THRONES

Game of Thrones is an American fantasy series created for HBO by D.B.Weiss and David Benioff. Its an adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire, George R. R. Martin’s series of fantasy novels. The episodes are mainly written by Benioff and Weiss who are the exclusive producers. Filmed in Belfast studio and in other locations in northern Ireland, Malta, Scotland, Croatia, the United States, Spain and Morocco. It had originally premiered on HBO in the USA on April 17 2011.

GLUE

Glue is a British television drama show primarily on E4. It was created and written by Jack Thorne. It began on the 15^th September 2014 and contains eight episodes. It is set in the English countryside. The first episode begins with a 14 year old boy Cal Bray played by Tommy Lawrence Knights found dead and the effects are shown on his friends and older brother Eli played by Callum Turner.

THE WIRE

The Wire is an American crime drama series that is set and produced around Baltimore, Maryland. Created and written by author David Simon it has been broadcast by HBO in the United States. It was premiered on June 2^nd 2002 and ended on March 9^th 2008 it included 60 episode over five seasons.

TRUE DETECTIVE

True detective is an American crime drama series on HBO and was created and written by Nic Pizzolatto with the first season being directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga and stars Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. It uses multiple time lines to represent the division between the detectives and their hunt for a serial killer over a duration of 17 years. The first season premiered on January 12^th 2014 and consisted of eight episodes which concluded on March 9^th 2014.

LOST

Lost is an American adventure television series that originally was shown on ABC from September 22, 2004 until May 23, 2010, over six seasons which contained a total of 121 episodes. Lost contains lots of science fiction elements and the supernatural that follows the survivors of the crash of a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney and Los Angeles, on a enticing tropical island somewhere in the South Pacific Ocean.The series has a primary story line on the island, as well as a secondary story line from another point in a character's life.

FARGO

Fargo is an American dark comedy-crime drama television series created and written by Noah Hawley. The show is inspired by the 1996 film of the same name written and directed by the Coen brothers, who serve as executive producers on the series. It premiered on April 15, 2014, on FX. Each season of the series is set in a different era, with a different cast and characters, but in the same universe as the film.

BREAKING BAD

Breaking Bad is an American crime drama series made by Vince Gilligan. The show was displayed on AMC  for five seasons, from January 20, 2008 until September 29, 2013. The main character is Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a struggling high school science teacher who is diagnosed with lung cancer at the very start of the series. as a result he turns to a life of crime, producing and selling crystallized methamphetamine, in order to secure his family's financial future before he dies, teaming with his former student, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul). The show was set and produced in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

THE MUSKETEERS

The Musketeers is a historical action drama on the BBC. The main characters are from Alexandre Duma's novel The Three Musketeers and was then co produced by BBC America and BBC world wide. The first episode was shown on BBC One on the 19th January 2014. it stars Luke Pasqualino (D'Artagnan) , Tom Burke (Athos) , Santiago Cabrera (Aramis) , Howard Charles (Porthos) and Peter Capaldi (Cardinal Richelieu). Ten episodes have been produced in series one which aired from January to March 2014.

THE WALKING DEAD

 The Walking dead is an American TV show that is set in a post-apocalyptic world. this horror drama was developed by Frank Darabont. The TV show is based upon the comic book series of the same name which was then produced by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlar. the first TV series starts with Rick Grimes as a sheriff played by Andrew Lincoln waking up from a coma in a zombie ridden world. He sets out to find his family and meets many other survivors on the way.