Camera Shots


There are many camera shots one could use. Here are the ones I currently know of.

Establishing Shot

A shot that establishes a scene, often giving the viewer information about where the scene is set. Can be a close up shot, but is often a wide/long shot and usually appears at the beginning of a scene.

Aerial Shot

A camera shot taken from an overhead position. Often used as an establishing shot.

Extreme Close-up

A shot where part of a face or body of a character fills the whole frame/dominates the frame. Also can be a shot of an object where only a small part of it dominates the frame.

Mid Shot

The framing of an object from the waist up

Worms-eye shot

A Worm’s eye shot is a shot from below where the audience can still see the action that is taking place on screen. The shot forces emphasis on height or power and status of one of the characters.

Two shot

A shot of two character, possible engaging in conversation. Usually to signify/establish some sort of relationship.

Over shoulder shot

A shot looking from behind a character’s shoulder, at a subject. The character facing the subject usually occupies 1/3 of the frame but it depends on what meaning the director wants to create (for example if the subject is an inferior character, the character facing them may take up more of the frame to emphasise this).

Point-of-View-Shot

This shot shows a view from the subject’s perspective. This shot is usually edited so that the viewer is aware whose point of view it is.

 

 

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