This document defines and describes 7 common shot types used in filmmaking: establishing shot, long shot, mid shot, close up, extreme close up, low angle, and high angle. It explains that establishing shots set the scene and context, long shots show people arriving/leaving or their size relative to objects, mid shots show people talking or their reactions, close ups focus on facial expressions, extreme close ups zoom in on details of the face, low angles make subjects seem powerful while high angles make them seem weak, and over the shoulder, two shot, and shot reverse shot are used to frame conversations between characters.

1. 7 SHOT TYPES

2. ESTABLISHING SHOT
Establishing shot is used to set
the scene and normally to show
what time period the film is set.
This is a good method to use
when you’re trying to show the
intensity/ size of something

3. LONG SHOT
Long Shot’s are used for showing
someone arrive/leave or to show the
comparison between them and the object
they are in front of.

4. MID SHOT
A mid close up is normally used to show
somebody talking or to show there reaction from
something that had just happened

5. CLOSE UP
Close ups are normally shown to show
the expressions on someone's face or
when they are talking about something
serious

6. EXTREME CLOSE UP
Extreme close up
This is showing is the facial expressions on their
faces. This shows up the fear, damage, how tired
they are on there faces to add dramatic expense
and could help the build-up for something that is
going to happen.

7. LOW ANGLE
This is showing is the facial expressions on their
faces. This shows up the fear, damage, how tired
they are on there faces to add dramatic expense
and could help the build-up for something that is
going to happen.

8. HIGH ANGLE
A high angle shot is used to show how weak or small someone is. Action movies use
this angle a lot for when the villain is about to be defeated so it shows how weak and
defenceless they are. This normally links in to the low shot

9. OVER THE SHOULDER
The over the shoulder shot
is used to show who is
talking at any one time
usually between two
people

10. TWO SHOT
This shot is normally used for showing two people either talking in the
same shot or them walking side by side next to each other having a
convocation

11. SHOT REVERSE SHOT
This shot is usually used for showing a
convocation between two or more people
going back and fourth between them

12. POINT OF VIEW
This shot is normally used to give the viewer the same
experience as the eyes of the character.