Shots...

Shots and angles have a lot to do with how a scene is portrayed to an audience. They can affect how audiences perceive a particular scene, and the emotions they receive from it. I am a Harry Potter fanatic; one of my favorites is Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

This is the final battle in the fifth Harry Potter movie. Here would be the "long shot." Voldemort has disappeared from this scene, and it seems to be only Dumbledore and Harry now. This shot reveals the setting of the upcoming scene for the audience. It shows a long view of the scene, and concentrates mainly on Harry by not showing Dumbeldore's face. This helps reveal the fact that something that concerns Harry is about to take place.

This would be the medium shot of the film; it confirms that this scene does in fact concentrate on Harry and his battle between letting Voldemort possess him completely or fighting against it and staying true to himself. Harry is also shown alone in this scene. That could be used to represent that he feels alone in this situation and can only fight Voldemort himself.

In this close-up shot, it reveals Harry's emotion in the situation. The shot reveals that he is in pain, yet shows a break through for the character. The audience discovers that while this may be a painful and hard moment for Harry, he is fighting the pain and will not back down. The close-up shot reveals this by getting closer to his face and letting the audience view the emotion. Also, this shot shows his eyes are back to normal, unlike the middle shot that showed Harry unlike himself; that reveals that Harry fought against Voldemort and is winning.