analysing camera shots in school drama

 In the opening part of the clip the camera is at a medium shot to show the person has blood on his t-shirt; this implies that something serious is happening in this clip and the audience can see this by the camera showing the blood on his t-shirt. The camera is very shaky when viewing the boy with the gun, this makes it unclear to the viewer who shot the boy, also the camera shot only shows half of his face and it shows it quickly, this implies that the audience are not supposed to see who the boy with the gun is as they don’t show him for a long enough time.
        The next scene is of a crowd of the all the students of the school on the field, when they hear the gun shot they all start screaming. The camera helps make the atmosphere worrying and tense by doing sharp cuts on there faces, there are some close ups of teachers/students faces which emphasises their emotions, which is scared.
        The next shot is of a teacher who looks worried, the camera does a full 360 turn around her body and the shot is a medium close up. The 360 turn shows the teacher’s expression on her face, which is shock and also shows her view from were she is standing to where the students are. This makes the viewer feel part of the scene as they can see what the teacher can see. It also indicates that this woman is one of the main characters in the clip as the camera is focusing on her. The turn is also done in slow motion, which captures the atmosphere of the scene and helps the viewer feel part of the scene even more.
        The very long shot of the students running away from the school building highlights how serious this situation is as the audience see how many students are outside and that the whole school has to be evacuated from the school.
        When the boy comes outside of the school the camera is focused on the teacher and then blurs and then focus on the boy running out of the school. This allows the viewer to see the expression/emotion on the teachers face and then shows the viewer that the boy has now come out of the school all in one shot, this is a very affective camera shot. 
The camera shot of the teacher holding a student back is a big close-up, which really highlights the emotion on the girls face when she sees this boy come out of the school with blood on his white t-shirt. The camera shot helps emphasis that she is worried and sad about the boy who just came out, this signifies that the boy means something to her.
       When the camera goes back onto the teacher, Rachel, it is a low angle shot, which indicates to the viewer that this teacher has power and authority. This is shown straight after as she runs into the school when the boy with the gun is still in there.