2. Establishing Shot
• Establishes
location
• Establishes
setting
• Puts what you’re
seeing into
context
• Establishes
genre of the
TV
programme
3. Close Up
• Can see all of the face
• Bit more information
• Sense of the character, begin to establish what they are
wearing
• Reveals emotions, often used in dramatic moments
•
4. Mid Shot
• A shot that shows someone from
the waist up
••
See more clearly where they are
and where they are in relation
to other people (if present)
••
Key connotative meanings –
start to make connections
between the character and
their emotions, location and
other characters
•
5. Point of View
Point of view of the
person
Identifies what some-one
is doing
See through the eyes of
the character
Effective in thrillers
Or eyes of the murde-rer
etc.
6. Long Shot
A shot that shows a person
from head to toe
Gives us greater
understanding of the
location
Often used early in a scene
or when a character first
enters a scene
Key connotative meanings
– location and actions
7. Wide Shot
Used to show action which is happening over a large space or to show
several people at once. Used in the middle of a scene.
