This document defines and describes different types of camera shots, angles, movements, and compositional techniques. It discusses shots like establishing shots, close-ups, and point of view shots. It also covers angles such as low angles and high angles. Camera movements like pans, tilts, tracks, zooms, and reverse zooms are outlined. Finally, compositional elements like balance, symmetry, the rule of thirds, and depth of field are defined.

1. Assignment 4: Camera
shots, camera angles, camera
movement, composition
By Nicole Lewis
Level Yellow

2. Camera Shots
• Establishing Shot
• Wide Shot
• Long Shot
• Mid/Medium Shot
• Close-Up Shot
• Extreme Close-Up Shot
• Point Of View
• Over The Shoulder Shot
• Two Shot

3. Establish Shot
• Establishing the location or time of day.

4. Wide Shot
• A shot that will capture everyone or thing in
that area.

5. Long Shot
• A shot that will capture the whole character or
object.

6. Mid/Medium Shot
• A shot that will show a character or
object, from its middle upwards.

7. Close-Up Shot
• A shot that will be taken from the characters
neck upwards or a special feature on an
object. Usually to show detail.

8. Extreme Close-Up Shot
• A shot usually taken to show clear detail of
someone or something.

9. Point Of View
• A shot that would make it seem like we are in
the characters shoes. Shown with movement
and correct placement.

10. Over The Shoulder Shot
• A shot taken from over one characters
shoulder, showing the other characters facial
expression. The more of the shoulder you
show, the less important the other character
is.

11. Two Shot
• A shot where two characters are in the same
frame.

12. Camera Angles
• Low Angles
• High Angles
• Canted or Oblique Angle

13. Low Angle
• A shot taken from below, looking upwards.
Often to make the character or object look
bigger.

14. High Angle
• A shot taken from above, looking down. Often
to make the character or object look smaller.

15. Canted or Oblique Angle
• Where the camera is tilted, so the image
appears diagonal.

16. Camera Movement
• Pan
• Tilt
• Track
• Zoom
• Reverse Zoom

17. Pan
• A shot where the camera pivots left to right or
right to left.
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18. Tilt
• Opposite to pan. A shot where the camera
pivots up and down or down to up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYzfbKG3lzQ

19. Track
• Where the camera moves from side to side
using a track.

20. Zoom
• Where the camera goes in towards a character
or object.

21. Reverse Zoom
• Opposite of zoom. Where the camera goes
out from a character or object.

22. Composition
• Balance
• Symmetry
• Asymmetry
• Rule of Thirds
• Depth of Field
• Shallow Focus
• Deep Focus

23. Balance
• Showing the equal amount of colour in a
picture.

24. Symmetry
• A shot that is equally symmetrical.

25. Asymmetry
• Opposite of symmetry. A shot that is unequal.

26. Rule of Thirds
• A rule that says that the ground should take
up 1/3 of the picture, while the sky should
take up 2/3s.

27. Depth of Field
• The amount of an image that appears sharp.

28. Shallow Focus
• Sharpening one part of an image.

29. Deep Focus
• Opposite of shallow focus. The whole image is
sharp.