Types of Camera Angels in a TV Show

Dexter Season 5 Episode 1
   This episode begins with an eye level close up of a crying baby than quickly transitions to Dexter holding the baby and lights and sirens start going off in the background. It then transitions to an establishing shot of the crime scene he was at, which was sadly in his own home.Ths establishing shit was of 3 police cars and sirens going off to show where the TV show is taking place and so you are not confused on where the characters are located. After Dexter is in complete shock as of what happened he can barely hear the police officer that is talking to him. It switches back and fourth between Dexter and the officer as the shots of Dexter with the crying baby are at a tilted angel. This gives the illusion to the audience that Dexter is confused and does not know what is going on, along with the sound how he is hearing things was echoey too. The scene then changes to show the gruesome, bloody crime scene of Dexters bathroom in the house him and his wife Rita live in. This establishing shot shows many angles of the blood all over the floor, and on the side of the tub since the tub was overflowing in the bloody water that Dexters wife, Rita laid in. There was a slow zoomed in close up of Rita’s head as she was laying in this bloody water. This gave the effect of the terror that  was going through Dexters mind trying to figure out who killed Rita. Suddenly the camera flashes back to Dexter holding his son (the baby from the beginning) as the red and blue police lights continue to flash in his face as they sit outside but as he is sitting there the camera zooms into a close up of Dexter confused and in shock as the officer is trying to get Dexter to give him the baby but since Dexter is in such shock the sound is blurred and echoed as the officer spoke to make the audience understand how Dexter felt in that exact moment. Soon enough, Dexters sister Deborah comes to check out the scene since she is a police officer and works at Miami Metro. A shot of Deborah running to the scene then transitions to medium shot of Dexter sitting on the grass holding his son and Deborah trying to speak to Dexter. Dexter then hands the baby to Deborah as the camera is just over Dexters shoulder giving it the perfect over the shoulder shot. A close up of Dexter with just silence which caused anticipation and slowly started to zoom into his face. Dexter then breaks the “silence” of the police sirens still going off in the background and says “Rita’s inside. It was me.” The sirens and police lights continued to go off then a parallelism transition is used as the lights flash the last light that flashes isn’t a police light it is then a camera flash and then transitions the scene to the next morning of the photographer takes photos of Rita’s body in the bathtub. This was a great use of a transition to the next day at the scene with the flashing lights. As the photographer takes photos, Quinn and Masuka examine the scene and the camera goes over Masukas shoulder looking at the bathtub giving you the feeling that you are actually investigating this crime scene with Masuka and Quinn. This episode continues on the search of Dexter figuring out who killed his wife.