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- 1. High Angle Highangle shot is usually when the camera angle is located above the eyeline. Low Angle Low-angle shot, is a shot from a camera angle positioned low on the vertical axis, anywhere below the eyeline. Birds Eye View A bird's-eye view is an elevated view of an object from above, with a perspective as though the observer were a bird, often used in the making of blueprints, floor plans and maps. Pan A mounting device on which a camera may be rotated in a horizontal plane (pan) or in a vertical plane. Tilt Tilt is a poker term for a state of mental or emotional confusion or frustration in which a player adopts a less than optimal strategy, usually resulting in the player becoming over-aggressive.
- 2. Track/Doll y Amark left on the ground by a moving animal, person, or vehicle Crane/mec hanical shot A crane is a type of machine, generally equipped with a hoist, wire ropes or chains, and sheaves. And use machine to shot. Steadicam Steadicam is a brand of camera stabilizer mount for motion picture cameras that mechanically isolates it from the operator's movement. Zoom/rever se zoom A zoom is technically not a camera move as it does not require the camera itself to move at all. Hand held Hand held a camera to shot.
- 3. Deep focus Deepfocus is a photographic and cinematographic technique using a large depth of field. Depth of field is the front-to-back range of focus in an image Shallow focus Shallow focus is a photographic and cinematograph ic technique incorporating a small depth of field. Rule of thirds The rule of thirds is a "rule of thumb" or guideline which applies to the process of composing visual imagessuch as designs, films, paintings, and photographs. Eyeline match An eyeline match is a film editing technique associated with the continuity editing system. Long shot In photography, filmmaking and vi deo production, a long shot (sometimes referred to as a full shot or awide shot) typically shows the entire object or human figure and is usually intended to place it in some relation to its surroundings. Close up A close-up or close-up in filmmak ing, television production, still photography and the comic strip medium is a type of shot, which tightly frames a person or an object.
- 4. Pull Focus Afocus puller, or 1st assistant camera, is a member of a film crew’s camera department whose primary responsibility is to maintain image sharpness on whatever subject or action is being filmed. Aerial Shot Aerial shots are usually done with a crane or with a camera attached to a special helicopter to view large landscapes. This sort of shot would be restricted to exterior locations. Medium Close Up In film, a medium shot is a camera angle shot from a medium distance. Medium Shot In film, a medium shot is a camera angle shot from a medium distance. Establishing Shot An establishing shot in filmmaking and television production sets up, or establishes the context for a scene by showing the relationship between its important figures and objects. Point of view Point of view (literature) or narrative mode, the perspective of the narrative voice; the pronoun used in narration. Point of view (painting), the angle of painter vision. Point of view shot, a technique in motion photography
- 5. Extreme Close up A close-up or closeup in filmmaki ng, television production, still photography and the comic strip medium is a type of shot, which tightly frames a person or an object. Over the shoulder shot In film or video, an over the shoulder shot (also over shoulder, OS, OTS, or third-person shot) is a shot of someone or something taken from the perspective or camera angle from the shoulder of another person. Tow Shot A movie or television shot of two people together. Canted Frame The Dutch angle, also known as Dutch tilt, canted angle, oblique angle or German angle, is a type of camera shot .
- 6. Extreme Close up A close-up or closeup in filmmaki ng, television production, still photography and the comic strip medium is a type of shot, which tightly frames a person or an object. Over the shoulder shot In film or video, an over the shoulder shot (also over shoulder, OS, OTS, or third-person shot) is a shot of someone or something taken from the perspective or camera angle from the shoulder of another person. Tow Shot A movie or television shot of two people together. Canted Frame The Dutch angle, also known as Dutch tilt, canted angle, oblique angle or German angle, is a type of camera shot .