These are the different camera shots used in Media.

1. Micro Elements
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2. Close Up
A Close up is used in movies and TV shows to show the emotion used in a persons face. In this picture
the person is looking down confused as he is reading something of a piece of paper. It shows that he
is not a serious character which helps to identify the movie is a comedy genre.

3. Extreme Close Up
This extreme close up helps us to identify how this character is feeling about what he is about to do. As you can
see his eyes are very widely open which suggest he is shocked or scared. Extreme close ups helps to exaggerate
a characters emotions.

4. Medium Shot
A medium shot helps to show the costume of a character. In the picture it is obvious that this movie is a
comedy because of the way the main characters are standing and dressed, it shows they are not serious people
and everyone is dressed in bright colours which gives away that the movie is a fun movie.

5. Long Shot
This long shot gives us some information on the type of location and a full screening of
everyone's body language. By the way they are dressed we can see the characters are
dorkey looking which helps us to know this is a comedy genre.

6. Extreme Long Shot
This extreme long shot shows us the environment around the character and gives us an idea of
where they are. As we can see this is an car park with the main character in the car park alone.

7. TRACK
The term track shot is widely
considered to be synonymous with
dolly shot; that is, a shot in which
the camera is mounted on a cart
which travels along tracks.

8. PAN
• A pan is a horizontal camera
movement in which the
camera moves left and right
about a central axis. This is a
swivelling movement, either
mounted in a fixed location on
a tripod or shoulder.

9. TILT
• A tilt is a vertical camera
movement in which the camera
points up or down from a
stationary location. For example,
if you mount a camera on your
shoulder and nod it up and
down, you are tilting the
camera.

10. ZOOM
• The zoom is the function
which moves your point of
view closer to, or further
away from, the subject. The
effect is similar to moving the
camera closer or further
away.

11. CUT
• Cutting is used when editing clips
for a movie or TV show. This is
when parts of recorded material is
not wanted in finished piece so it is
removed and deleted so it is not to
be used.

12. PACE
• The speed of which someone or
something is moving. This could either
be fast, slow or a reasonable medium
speed.

13. PERFORMANCE
• Performance is the way someone is acting
or presenting themselves in front of
someone by putting on a show. Or the
way something is working, whether its
working good or bad.

14. DIEGETIC/ NON DIEGETIC
Sound whose source is visible on the screen or
whose source is implied to be present by the
action of the film:
• voices of characters
• sounds made by objects in the story
NON DIEGETIC
Sound whose source is neither visible on the
screen nor has been implied to be present in the
action:
• narrator's commentary
• sound effects which is added for the dramatic
effect

15. MISE EN SCENE
Mise en scene means everything that comes
before the camera and its arrangement., for
instance the;
• Setting
• Costume
• Figure
• Expression
• Props
Mise en scene also includes the composition,
which consists of the positioning and
movement of actors, as well as objects, in the
shot.