1. High angle
A shot that is taken from
above
Low angle
A shot that is taken from
below
Birds eye view
Directly facing down
Pan
Static camera movement
from left-right. To
photograph or televise
while rotating a camera on
its vertical or horizontal
axis in order to keep a
moving person or object in
view or allow the film to
record a panorama.
Tilt
To cause to lean, incline,
slope or slant, to move a
camera up or down on its
vertical axis for a
photographing or televising
a moving character, object
or the like.
Track/dolly
When the camera is
mounted onto a camera
dolly, a wheeled platform
that is pushed on the rails
whilst the picture/shot is
being taken
2. Crane/mechanical
shot
Achieved
through a
crane, gives
you higher
angles than
a tripod
could give.
Steadicam
A
lightweight
mounting
for a film
camera
which
keeps it
steady for
filming or
moving.
Zoom in
Recede into
a long shot
using a
zoom lens
and while
maintaining
focus.
Zoom out/reverse
zoom
Zooming
out while
maintaining
focus.
Hand held
The
technique
of shooting
a scene
without the
use of an
artificial
mechanism
for camera
support.
Holding a
camera b
hand or
with a
harness
while
3. shooting
Deep focus
Deep focus
is a
photographi
c and
cinematogr
aphic
technique
using a
large depth
of field.
Shallow focus
In shallow
focus, one
plane of the
image is in
focus while
the rest is
out of focus.
Shallow
focus is
typically
used to
emphasize
one part of
the image
over
another.
Rule of thirds
Applied by
aligning a
subject with
the guide
lines and
their
intersection
points,
placing the
horizon on
the top or
bottom line,
or allowing
linear
features in
the image to
flow from
section to
section.
4. Eyeline match
An eyeline
match is a
film editing
technique
associated
with the
continuity
editing
system. It is
based on
the premise
that the
audience
will want to
see what
the
character
on screen is
seeing.
Long shot
Contains a
large
amount of
landscape.
Close up
Taken at a
close range
or with a
long-focal
length lens,
on a
relatively
large scale.
Also called
close shot.
5. Pull focus
A filming
technique
whereby
the focal
point is
drawn
towards the
viewer; lso
a shot (as
part of an
edit) in
which such
a technique
is used.
Aerial shot
Aerial shots
are usually
done with a
crane or
with a
camera
attatched to
a special
helicopter
to view
large
landscapes.
A good area
to do this
shot would
be a scene
that takes
place on a
building
Medium Close up
A human
figure taken
from chest
up
6. Medium shot
1. In film,
a medium
shot is a
camera
angle shot
from
a mediumd
istance.
The
dividing line
between
"long shot"
and
"medium
shot" is
fuzzy, as is
the line
between
"medium
shot" and
"close-up".
2.
Establishing shot
1. It is
generally a
long- or
extreme-long
shot a
t the
beginning
of a scene
indicating
where, and
sometimes
when, the
remainder
of the
scene
takes
place. Esta
blishing sh
ots were
more
common
during the
classical
era of
filmmaking
than they
7. are now.
2.
Point of view shot
1. A point of
view
shot (also
known
as POV
shot or a
subjective
camera) is
a short film
scene that
shows what
a character
(the
subject) is
looking at
(represente
d through
the
camera).
2.
Extreme close up
1. Extreme
Close
Up ("ECU"
or "XCU"):
The shot is
so tight that
only a
detail of the
subject,
such as
someone's
eyes, can
be seen.
Lean-In:
when the
juxtapositio
n of shots
in a
sequence,
usually in a
scene of
dialogue,
starts with
medium or
8. long shots,
for
example,
and ends
withclose-ups.
2.
Over the shoulder
shot
1. In film or
video,
an over the
shoulder
shot(also o
ver
shoulder,
OS, OTS,
or third-person
sho
t) is
a shot of
someone or
something
taken from
the
perspective
or camera
angle from
the should
er of
another
person.
2.
Two shot
1. a cinema or
television
shot of two
people
together.
9. Canted frame
type of
camera
shot where
the camera
is set at an
angle on its
roll axis so
that the
shot is
composed
with vertical
lines at an
angle to the
side of
the frame
