Camera Shots, angles and movement.

What is a shot? A shot is a series of frames, that runs for an uninterrupted period of time. Film shots are an essential aspect of a movie where angles, transitions and cuts are used to further express emotion, ideas and movement. In production, a shot is the moment that the camera starts rolling until the moment it stops. In film editing, a shot is the continuous footage or sequence between two edits or cuts.

Camera Shot Categories Extreme Long shot Long shot Wide Shot Establishing shot Mid / Medium Shot Medium Close-up Close up shot Extreme Close Up Birds eye view shot Over the shoulder shot Point of view shot Two Shot

Extreme Long Shot A wider frame value in which subjects in the frame are small; a building, cityscape.

Long Shot A shot which displays a full figure from top to tip showing the entire object or human figure.

Wide Shot Long shot as a "wide shot" because it often requires the use of a wide-angle lens.

Establishing Shot When a long shot is used to set up a location and its participants in film and video, it is called a establishing shot.

Mid / Medium Shot A shot displaying the human figure / object in half.

Medium Close-up A shot which displays the figure in a little close-up form but the head and shoulders are very much in the frame.

Close-up shot It is a type of shot, which tightly frames a person or an object. Close-ups display the most detail, but they do not include the broader scene.

Extreme Close Up The shot is so tight that only a detail of the subject, such as someone's eyes, can be seen

Birds eye shot A bird's-eye view is an elevated view of an object from above, with a perspective as though the observer were a bird.

Over the shoulder shot An over the shoulder shot (also over shoulder, OS, OTS, or third-person shot) is a shot of someone or something taken from the perspective or camera angle from the shoulder of another person.

Point of view shot A point of view shot (also known as POV shot or a subjective camera) shows what a character (the subject) is looking at (represented through the camera).

Two-Shot A Two shot is a type of shot employed in the film industry in which the frame encompasses a view of two people (the subjects).

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Camera Angle The camera angle marks the specific location at which a camera is placed to take a shot. A scene may be shot from several camera angles simultaneously

Camera Angle Categories High Angle shot Low Angle shot Eye-level camera angle

High Angle shot A high angle shot is usually when the camera angle is located above the eyeline. Connotes inferiority.

Low Angle shot A low-angle shot, is a shot from a camera positioned low on the vertical axis, anywhere below the eyeline, looking up. Connotes superiority.

Eye-level camera angle It is a shot when the camera is positioned on the same level as that of the character in the film.

Camera Movement Categories Panning Tilt Zoom Tracking / Dolly

Panning Panning refers to the rotation in a horizontal plane of a camera.

Tilt Technique in which the camera is stationary and rotates in a vertical plane

Zoom A camera movement requiring a zoom lens ("zoom in/out")

Tracking / Dolly The camera is mounted to the dolly and the camera assistant usually ride on the dolly to operate the camera. For smooth movement.

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