Camera Shots - AS Media

1. Camera Shots
Aly Raza Beig

2. Establishing Shot
An establishing shot is
usually the first shot of
a new scene, designed
to show the audience
where the action is
taking place. It is
usually a very wide
shot or extreme wide
shot.
This is an example
of an Establishing
shot because it
shows where the
scene is going to
take place and hints
the audience of what
the ambience may
be.

3. Long shot (Wide Shot)
a view of a scene that is
shot from a considerable
distance, so that people
appear as indistinct
shapes.
This is a long shot (wide
shot) because it outlines
and shows the audience
the whole set – its taken
from a distance to give
the full view and outline
of the set.

4. Crane Shot
Crane shot is a shot
taken by a camera on a
crane or jib. The most
obvious uses are to
view the actors from
above or to move up
and away from them, a
common way of ending
a movie.
They are using a crane
in order to capture the
ongoing jet ski scene –
this type of shot also
uses a lot of tilts and
pans.

5. Aerial Shot / Birds eye view
A shot in which
the camera
photographs a
scene from
directly
overhead.
An aerial view in
this case is used to
show the whole
scenery from an
overhead
perspective to
maybe give a very
majestic and
mesmerizing view
to the audience.

6. Close Up
A detailed view of a person or
object, usually without much
context provided.
This is a close from the chest to
the head. This will help outline
certain features.

7. Extreme Close Up
A minutely detailed view
of an object or a person.
An extreme close-up of an
actor generally includes
only his eyes, or his
mouth.
This is a close from
the end of the nose to
half of his forehead.
This will help outline
SPECIFIC features.

8. Point of view
Any shot which is taken from the
vantage point of a character in the
film. Also known as the first person
camera.
This is a POV from my
perspective sitting at a
coffee shop looking at
the menu. It shows
what I am doing and
what people around
me are doing but from
my perspective

9. Over the shoulder
A medium shot,
useful in dialogue
scenes, in which one
actor is photographed
head-on from over the
shoulder of another
actor.
In this shot, I use
my father and my
sister who are
sitting in front of
each other. This is
an over the
shoulder shot
since is taken from
the perspective of
her right shoulder.

10. Shot Reverse
Shot
Conversing shot – showing a conversation
between them.

11. Two-Shot
Two Characters in a
frame.

12. Pans
One of the simplest
and most common
movements is to turn,
or pan (from the word
panorama), the
camera horizontally
so that it sweeps
around the scene.

13. Tilts
Tilting is a cinematographic technique in which the
camera stays in a fixed position but rotates up/down in
a vertical plane. Tilting the camera results in a motion
similar to someone turning her neck to look up or
down. It is distinguished from panning in which the
camera is pivoted left or right.

14. High angle shot
A shot in which
the subject is
photographed
from above.
This shot might
show the audience
that she may be a
person looked down
upon also maybe
making her look
helpless or less
powerful

15. Low angle shot
A shot in which the subject
is photographed from
below.
This may be the
opposite of the
previous slide because
this might show power
and authority. This is
because she is shown
from a low angle.

16. Zoom/reverse zoom
A dolly zoom is a
cinematic technique in
which the camera
moves closer or
further from the
subject while
simultaneously
adjusting the zoom
angle to keep the
subject the same size
in the frame.