Description of the different shot types and examples

1. Different film shots

2. Ariel
• An exterior shot filmed from the air. This shot is usually used to show the
filming location.

3. Close up
• The close up shot is used to establish a relationship between the character
and the audience. The close up shot involves mostly the face if not only.

4. Extreme close up
• The extreme close up shot is the same as the close up shot but more zoomed
in

5. Medium
• The medium shot is one of the most common shots used in videography.
This shot shows less than a long shot and more than a close up.

6. Long
• The long shot is also a very common shot used when filming. It can hold
more than one character and involve the background aswell

7. Extreme long
• This shot is much longer than a long shot. People would appear as small dots
in the landscape.

8. Establishing
• A shot that is usually a long shot used at the beginning of a sequence to
establish an overview of the scene that the follows