This document defines and provides examples of various types of camera shots and angles used in filmmaking. It discusses establishing shots, which show the setting and important details, as well as extreme wide shots, very wide shots, and wide shots that show increasing amounts of a subject. Mid shots show part of a subject in more detail. Cutaways and bridging shots are also defined, as are eye-level, high angle, bird's eye, and slanted shots. Finally, various camera movements like panning, tracking, zooming, and handheld, locked down, full, and extra long shots are outlined.

1. ESTABLISHING SHOT
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN ESTABLISHING SHOT, AN ESTABLISHING SHOT IS
A TYPE OF CAMERA SHOT USED TO SHOW THE SETTING AND IMPORTANT
OBJECTS OR PEOPLE OR PERHAPS A UNIQUE LOCATION

2. (EWS) EXTREME WIDE SHOT
This an (EWS) extreme wide shot In an extreme wide shot, the view is far
away enough that a person isn't even visible. This shot is used to show
the person's surroundings. An EWS is often used as an establishing shot

3. VERY WIDE SHOT (VWS)
a wide shot is a lot closer to the person than in an extreme wide
shot, but also a lot further away than a wide shot. The person can
be seen but hardly. This shot is also often used as an establishing
shot.

4. WIDE SHOT (WS)
In a wide shot the persons full body is seen/ they take up the whole
frame. A wide shot is often mistaken for wider shots e.g. a very
wide shot.

5. MID SHOT (MS)
The mid shot shows some part of a person in more detail, while
still showing enough of them for the audience to feel as if they
were looking at the whole person. This gives the effect that the
audience are actually engaging with the person in the flesh.

6. CUTAWAY
A cutaway or CA is a shot that is not involved in the
current action, e.g. the shot of a cat whilst two
people are arguing in the background.

7. BRIDGING SHOT
A bridging shot is used to show that time has passed, e.g an aeroplane crossing a map, this is also useful if
there needs to be a change in .setting

8. EYE-LEVEL
• Eye level is the most common type of camera angle, as it is the real world angle people are used to, it
shows people as we would expect to see them in real life, it’s a fairly neutral shot

9. HIGH ANGLE
This is an example of a high angle; a high angle is when a
person is shot from above, meaning that the camera is
angled downwards to the subject, this is often used to
make the subject look submissive or powerless

10. BIRDS EYE
A birds eye shot is directly from above The scene is shown
from directly above. This is a completely different and
somewhat unnatural point of view which can be used for
dramatic effect or for showing a different spatial
perspective.
In drama it can be used to show the positions and motions
of different characters and objects, enabling the viewer to
see things the characters can't.

11. SLANTED
• A slanted angle is where the camera is tilted to one side on purpose so the distance/horizon is at angle.
This creates an odd but interesting effect. This is also known as the Dutch angle, it is used to portray
uneasiness or tension

12. DOLLY
• A camera is mounted on a cart(dolly) which then moves smoothly around the a track in order to film
something quickly or in order to film something moving e.g. a model train, car etc

13. PAN
• A pan is just a horizontal movement from left to right

14. TRACK
A track is similar to the dolly shot, but is often defined as a movement which stays a constant distance
from the action going on in the scene, especially when side to side movements are used.

15. ZOOM
• A zoom is when a camera makes it seem as if you are closer to the background/ zooming in

16. HANDHELD SHOT
• A shot in which the camera operator holds the camera during motion to create a jerky, immediate feel.

17. LOCKED DOWN SHOT
• The locked down shot is where the camera is fixed into one position whilst the action continues off-screen.

18. FULL SHOT
• A full shot contains a complete view of the characters in a film/scene. From this shot, viewers can see all
the costumes of characters and may also help to demonstrate the relationships between the characters

19. ELS EXTRA LONG SHOT
• This shot shows the landscape of the film or A character who is hardly visible in the distance of a
background.

20. CRANE SHOT
A crane shot is a shot where a camera is mounted to a crane