2. ESTABLISHING SHOT
• A shot that lets the audience know where the action is taking place.
• It is usually the first shot of a new scene.
• Usually a wide or very wide shot.
• Usually shows an exterior (outside of building or a landscape)
The shot outside the friends apartment
shows the audience that the scene will
take place here. The picture is taken
from a distance.
We used this shot
when establishing to
the audience that the
scene takes place in a
car.
3. CLOSE UP
• Focuses on an area of a person, typically their face where the neck is cut
off and includes their whole head. Their head films up the entire frame,
making the shot very focused on them.
• Helps to display emotions and expressions
• Another thing they focus on is part of mise en scene if it plays an
important role in that scene.
• Can be used to make the audience feel uncomfortable, as well as
comfortable.
This close up of Leonardo
di Caprio helps to display to
the audience how he is
feeling, as well as focusing
on the injuries on his face.
4. EXTREME CLOSE UP
• A closer version of a close up which focuses on a particular part
of the face, body or mise en scene.
• The shot is so tight that only a specific part of the subject is
detailed
• Reveals certain characteristics and emotions that would
otherwise go unnoticed from afar.
• Every tiny expression and muscle movement goes noticed and
is shown in large detail.
• This close view intensifies feelings that the character is
experiencing and allows us to feel sympathy for, and establish a
connection with, the character in question.
This close up of a dogs
nostril helps to show
the audience that the
nose is what's being
focused on.
5. TWO SHOT
• Comfortable shot of two people where they are both in fully in shot.
• Establish relationships between two people.
• Equal prominence in the frame, the implication is that they will provide equal input.
We utilized this shot when
filming the instructor and
learner in the car, as we needed
to involve both in the shot to set
the scene for the audience.
This shot captures
both characters in
the same way to
show equality and
show them as a
team
6. POINT OF VIEW
• Shows what the subject is looking at which is represented through the camera.
• It is usually established by being positioned between a shot of a character looking at something and a
shot of that persons reaction.
• It is usually edited in such a way that it is obvious whose Point of View it is
• Often filmed from eye level or chest level.
This shot is taken
from chest level and
shows the audience
what the subject is
doing and how the
character can see it.
