A simple presentation on different shot sizes

1. Camera Shots
BTEC First

2. Shots
• Films and television programmers are
made up of a series of shots

3. Establishing Shot (EST)
• This ESTABLISHES
where the action
takes place - sets
the scene
• Often an exterior
shot
• Usually a WideShot
(WS)

4. Wide Shot (WS)
• Often (but not always) used as an
establishing shot
• The point of this shot is to show the subject's
surroundings

5. Long Shot (LS)
• A shot which shows all or most of a
fairly large subject (for example, a
person) and usually much of the
surroundings

6. Medium Long Shot (MLS)
• Knees to head with some background

7. Medium Shot (MS)
• Waist
to
head

8. Medium Two Shot (M2S)
• Similar to a MS, but with two people

9. Medium Close Up (MCU)
• Head and shoulders

10. Close Up (CU)
• Shows a character's face
• Used to show emotion

11. Big Close Up (BCU)
• Forehead to chin
• Used to show extreme emotion

12. Extreme Close Up (ECU)
• A very tight shot, for example
someone’s eye or a door handle

13. Over The Shoulder (OTS)
• Used during a conversation
• MCU + the other person’s
shoulder/head/back etc

14. Overhead Shot (OH)
• Camera will be directly over the
objects/actors

15. High Angle (H/A)
• Could be used to make the
object/person look powerless

16. Low Angle (L/A)
• Could be used to make the
object/person powerful

17. Deep Shot (DS)
• When something is in the foreground and
something else is in the background

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