After viewing many clips, we discussed many knowledge points and contents about the long shot in class. A long shot in a movie refers to the continuous shooting of a scene for a long time to form a relatively complete shot paragraph. It can record every detail of the whole event in a relatively complete way, and maintain the continuity of drama space and time. The images presented through the long shot will make the audience feel as if they are in the scene.

For the part of the function of long shot. First of all, it can be a real record of life. A long shot can reproduce the real historical environment and create the real atmosphere of the times. It is because of this feature of a long shot that long shot is widely used in documentary films. The documentary film represented by long shot advocates the verisimilitude of the artistic image of the film and the close connection between the film and real-life and pursues the highly real audience’s watching psychology. Moreover, long shots can complete complex scene scheduling and achieve seamless conversion between pictures. People or objects in the real world are generally not static, so it is necessary to use a long shot to fully record the whole process. In addition, the long shot can make the style of the film become solemn and slow, which can make the audience calm down to watch every detail and think about it constantly. At the same time, the long shot can keep the audience’s continuous attention. Since the continuous movement of the long shot draws the audience’s eyes, a highly unified sense of participation and identity of the plot content is formed at the beginning of the film.

The opening scene of a film is a crucial part of the whole film. The functions and advantages of the long shot mentioned above make it often used by directors in the opening scenes of films. The use of long shots at the beginning of many films can catch the audience’s eye in the first place and stimulate their curiosity. At the same time, it also carries the narrative intention that the directors expect to achieve to different degrees or implies the good intentions of the directors in the atmosphere building and emotional rendering. Therefore, in addition to learning more professional knowledge about the long shot, I should also learn more about the use of long shot in various films.