This document provides definitions and examples of key camera techniques used in filmmaking, including various camera shots, angles, movements, and compositional techniques. It defines shots like establishing shot, wide shot, long shot, medium shot, close up, and point of view shot. It also explains camera angles like low angle, high angle, and canted angle. Common camera movements such as pan, tilt, track, zoom, dolly are outlined. Finally, it discusses compositional elements including balance, symmetry, asymmetry, rule of thirds, and depth of field.

1. Assignment 4- Camera shots,
camera angles, camera movement
and composition.
Level – Yellow
Ingrid De Souza

2. Media key terms
• Part A: Camera shots
• Part B: Camera angles
• Part C: Camera movement
• Part D: Composition

3. Part A – Camera Shots
• Establishing shot
• Wide shot
• Long Shot
• Mid/medium shot
• Close up shot
• Extreme close up
• POV (point of view)
• Over the shoulder
• Two shot
• Aerial shot
• Overhead shot

4. Establishing shot
The establishing shot establishes the setting of
the scene. It is usually used at the beginning of a
scene.

5. Wide shot
The wide shot can be different shots from
different distance to show the people in the
room. E.G. If the characters are having a family
dinner, a wide shot would be used to show the
whole family around the table.

6. Long shot
A long shot is usually used for framing a
character, an object by their whole body.

7. Mid/Medium shot
The mid/medium shot frames shots of a
character from their waist and up. This shot is
usually used to capture the characters dialogue
and to show their facial expressions.

8. Close up shot
A close up shot assemble a character or an
object of some particular part of their body or
face. However, it’s mainly used to show facial
expressions and their emotions.

9. Extreme close up shot
A extreme close up is a shot that is used to
capture part of the body or face to show detail
to the audience. It is also used to show more
detail of the characters facial expression.

10. P.O.V (point of view)
The POV shot demonstrates the character’s
perspective. The camera has to be able to
imitate how the human body moves, however it
also depends where it’s placed.

11. Over the shoulder shot
An over the shoulder shot is a shot which is
filmed as if it’s from the back of a character’s
shoulder.

12. Two shot
Two shot can be used to frame two characters in
one scene. It can be used to demonstrate them
communicating with each other.

13. Part B: Camera Angles
• Low
• High
• Canted/Oblique

14. Low angle
It’s a angle from a lower place that looks up to a
character. For example, finding treasure, and the
camera looks up at the characters making them
see more dominant on finding the treasure.

15. High angle
A high angle is a shot taken from a higher place
looking down at the character. It’s often used to
make the character look weak and vulnerable.

16. Canted/Oblique
It’s a camera angle that makes the shot seem tilt
or skewed.

17. Part C: Camera movment
• Pan
• Tilt
• Track
• Zoom/Reverse zoom
• Dolly
• Crane
• Stedicam
• Vertigo

18. Pan
Pan is when the camera moves horizontally from
left to right or right to left. This is to show more
detail of the setting on the scene. Or it can also
be used to establish the scene.
The images above
connotes the movements
of a pan going
horizontally, from left to
right.
http://www.youtube.com/

19. Tilt
The tilt is opposite to the pan. It’s when a
camera moves vertically from top to bottom or
bottom to top. Its also to show more of the
setting, objects or characters. However, it’s
often used to show the characters whole outfit.
The images demonstrate
the movement of tilt.
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atch?v=qLggRPMWotM&fea
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20. Track
The movement of the camera from side to side
without moving to follow an object or the
character. ‘Track’ is more referred to rails in
which a wheeled platform sits on in order to
carry out smooth movement.
As it shows the images
slowly connotes a track
movement from left to
right.
http://www.youtube.co

21. Zoom
Zoom is when the camera features zoom goes in
towards an object or character to reveal more
information.
The images
show the
effect of the
zoom onto a
object.

22. Reverse zoom
Opposite of zoom. Often called ‘zoom
out’, when the camera zoom goes out away
from the object or character. This can be used to
reveal more detail or the setting around them.
The images
connotes the reverse
zoom which is the
opposite of a zoom.

23. Dolly
Dolly is when a camera moves in and out. Or
backwards and forwards on an object which is
like a tripod with wheels.
The images connotes the way a dolly movement.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4PUXBSaYZ
o&list=HL1354126815&feature=mh_lolz

24. Composition
• Balance
- Symmetry (symmetric balance)
- Asymmetry (asymmetric balance)
• Rule of thirds
• Depth of fields
- Shallow focus
- Deep focus
- Focus pulls

25. Balance
• Balance-Arranging a particular scene so it is
even on both sides and nothing or nobody
over powers. The ying yang symbol is a perfect
example of symmetry.

26. Depth of field
•Is distance of what is in focus and the nearest
and farthest objects in a scene.

27. Shallow of focus
•Where the camera is concentrating on one
focus of an object where the rest is out of focus.
As you can see the
bag gained the
focus of the
picture, and the
rest was not on
focus and seems
blurry.

28. Deep focus
•Where the entire image is in focus, meaning
the foreground, middle ground and background
are all involved.
As you can see the
image gained the whole
focus, unlike the shallow
focus, there isn’t
anything blurred out
since the entire image is

29. Symmetry (symmetric balance)
•Where the shot is completely equal on both
sides, used to show organisation.

30. Asymmetry (asymmetric balance)
•Where the shot is completely unequal on both
sides to represent chaos and disorder.

31. Rule of thirds
•The rule states that the image should be
divided into nine equal parts, two equally-
spaced horizontal and vertical lines.