The document describes various types of camera shots used in filmmaking, including establishing shots to set the scene, medium shots for showing facial expressions, close-ups for emotion, point-of-view shots to put the audience in a character's perspective, and shot reverse shots for filming conversations by alternating between two actors. Different angles are used like high angles to give the audience power over a scene or low angles to show superiority. Camera movement techniques include pans, tilts, dolly shots, tracking shots, and zooms.

1. Camera shots
 Establishing shot – tells us when and where we
are, mainly exterior shots.
 Wide shot – broader shot that shows the scale of
the set.
 Crane shot – when the camera is attached to a crane in the air, it gives a sweeping
motion.
 Bird’s eye view/aerial shot – normally shot from a helicopter or more recently
drones, can be used instead of an establishing shot.
 Long shot – includes the head to toe of a
person, usually after an establishing shot
 Medium shot- the most common shot in movies,
closer so you can see the actors facial
expressions or what they are thinking giving
more information to the audience

2.  Close up – shows very little background and
emotion of the character, may be used to make
the audience feel uncomfortable
 Extreme close up – very close up to the
characters face or an object to show emotion or
objects importance
 Point of view – allows the audience to see what the
character is seeing and put the audience in the
characters shoes.
 Over the shoulder – this shows the characters
point of view without making the audience the
character, it makes the audience a part of the
scene.
 Two shot – a shot of two people that tells you
their relationship by how close or far away they
are

3.  High angle – the camera is high up angled
down at what it is filming. Giving the
audience power over what they are looking
at
 Low angle – camera is low down looking up at
a person, used to show superior actors
 Shot reverse shot – filming a conversation moving between 2 actors. It involves the
180 degree rule meaning that the camera can only move within a 180 degree radius
of the actors ( a semi-circle)
 Pans – the camera is on a fixed spot and moves from one side of the room to
another filming across the room
 Tilt – the camera is on a fixed spot and moves from the ceiling to the floor or floor to
ceiling
 Dolly shot – camera is placed on a moving thing and it follows moving object or
figure
 Hand held shot – often using a shoulder mount to make holding the camera
smoother
 Tracking shot – the camera is on a fixed track moving along it
 Zoom / reverse zoom – the camera moves closer or further away in and out of the
shot
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