This document discusses different types of camera shots and angles used in filmmaking. It defines shots like extreme long shot, long shot, medium shot, close up, extreme close up, bird's-eye view, high angle, eye level, and low angle shots. Each shot type is used to include varying amounts of the subject and background in the frame to achieve different purposes, like establishing a setting, focusing on facial expressions, or making a character appear more powerful.

1. Camera angles and shots.
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2. Extreme long shot
• Extreme long shot is somehow similar to an establishing shot, used to tell
the audience the idea of the location where a particular event is going to
be happen. Generally, this shot is taken from far away. Usually, this shot is
use to show an exterior of building or a landscape. Mostly, this shot is
used in War film to show the war zones and the massive destructions.

3. Long Shot
• Usually, the long shot are shown from the head to feet, it includes the
head room and the background. Sometimes, used for the establishing
shot. It is also known as a full shot. It is similar to Extreme Long Shot as
extreme long shot establishes a scene and a Long shot gives more details.

4. Medium Shot
• A middle shot contains the character up from the knees, the feet aren’t shown
in the shot. This type of shot is used to show a conversation or the character’s
interaction or reaction. Mostly, the background isn’t given much importance
as the audience is already aware of the location through the establishing shot
in earlier scenes. If the frame contains two people then it’s a Two Shot, if three
then it’s a Three Shot and if more, then its likely to be a long shot.
• Two Shot -Three Shot

5. Close Up
• A close up shot includes a very little amount of the background, the
backgrounds gets blurred whereas it focuses on either a person, to show
the facial expression or an object, to show the importance or as much
detail of an object.

6. Extreme Close Up
• Extreme close up is basically a further type of the close up shot. Extreme
close up shots are taken to show what the human eye can’t easily see. It’s
can also be defined as a magnified shot. The background mostly, is barely
visible as it is extra blurred because it has no importance at that time. It is
used to show extensive details of an object or if a human, then eyes or
mouth.

7. The Bird’s-Eye View
• This shot is taken to show a overhead scene, from the above the character
or the object so the audience feels as if they are looking down towards the
character or any actions.

8. High Angle
• High angles aren’t like the Bird’s-Eye View, is just taken form a higher angle
not directly above the object or the character. Mostly, this shot is taken
using cranes, which makes it more natural like looking down at any object
or a character.

9. Eye Level
• This can also be called a neutral shot. Eye level shot means that the
camera is placed as the same height of the character. This makes the
frame more natural as it’s the same a person would see another person.
The shot is taken exactly from the eye level neither higher nor lower.

10. Low Angle Shot
• Low angle shots are usually taken to show the character more powerful or
stronger or even taller. The camera is placed below the character making
the audience feel that they are looking upwards toward the character.