15. Weather Shot
ī´ The subject in this shot is the weather. It can also be used to back up text in films/trailers.
16.
17. Eye-Level
ī´ This is the most common view, being the real-world angle that we are all used to. It shows
subjects as we would expect to see them in real life.
18. High Angle
ī´ A high angle shows the subject from above. This has the effect of diminishing the subject,
making them appear less powerful or have less authority.
19. Low Angle
ī´ This shows the subject from below. This make the subject seem powerful and authoritive.
20. Birdâs Eye
ī´The scene is shot from directly above. This
is an unnatural point of view which can be
sued for dramatic effect or for showing a
different spatial perspective.
24. Crabbing Shot
ī´This is a less common version of tracking, trucking
and/or dollying. These terms are more or less
interchangeable, although dollying tends to mean
in-and-out movement whereas the others tend to
mean side-to-side movement at a constant
distance from the action.
25. Dolly Shot
ī´A dolly is a cart which travels along tracks. The
camera is mounted on the dolly and records the
shot as it moves.
ī´Dollying is often defined as moving closer to or
further away from the action.
27. Pan
ī´This shot is a horizontal camera movement in
which the camera moves left and right about a
central axis.
28. Camera Tilt
ī´This is a vertical camera movement in which
the camera points up or down from a
stationary location.
29. Tracking
ī´This is a shot mounted on a cart which travels along
tracks. This is different than a dolly shot because
tracking is often more narrowly defined as
movement parallel to the action or at constant
distance.
30. Trucking Shot
ī´This is basically the same as tracking or
dollying. It generally refers to side-to-side
camera movement with respect to the
action.
ī´It is not used as often in comparison to
dollying or tracking.
31. Zoom Shot
ī´Zooming means altering the focal length of the
lens to give the illusion of moving closer or
further away from the action.
ī´This is technically not a camera movement shot
as the camera does not move.