This document discusses different types of camera shots and their uses in filmmaking. It defines shots like establishing shots, point-of-view shots, aerial shots, long shots, medium shots, and close-ups. Establishing shots set the scene's setting. Point-of-view shots show what a character sees. Aerial shots provide views from above. Long shots show the full object or figure. Medium shots are closer. Close-ups tightly frame a person or object. Together, these shots help tell the story through visual elements.

1. Setting the Scene:
Camera Shots and their uses

2. Mis-en-Scene
“Setting the
scene”
What to shoot?
How to shoot it?
Everything that
appears before
the camera and
its arrangement.

3. Scene Part of the action in
a single location

4. Scene Part of the action in
a single location

5. series of scenes which form a
Sequence distinct narrative unit, usually
connected either by unity of
location or unity of time.

7. Establishing Shot
Sets up, or "establishes", a scene's setting and/or its
participants
For example, an exterior shot of a large building on a
sunny day, followed by an interior shot of a group
talking, implies that the conversation is taking place
inside that building.

8. Point of View Shot
Also known as P.O.V. shot or a subjective
camera.
Short film scene that shows what a
character (the subject) is looking at
(represented through the camera).
It is usually established by being
positioned between a shot of a
character looking at something, and a
shot showing the character's reaction.

9. First
Person
Over the
Shoulder

10. Ariel
Shots
Usually done with a crane or with a camera attached to
a special helicopter to view large landscapes.
This sort of shot would be restricted to exterior
locations. A good area to do this shot would be a scene
that takes place on a building.
If the aerial shot is of a character it can make them
seem insignificant or vulnerable.

11. Refers to a shot looking
directly down on the Bird’s Eye Shot
subject.
The perspective is very
foreshortened, making the
subject appear short and
squat.
This shot can be used to
give an overall
establishing shot of a
scene, or to emphasize
the smallness or
insignificance of the
subjects.

12. Crane
Shot
Shot taken by a camera on a
crane.
The most obvious uses are to
view the actors from above or
to move up and away from
them, a common way of ending a
movie.

14. A filmic recording of an entire dramatized scene,
from start to finish, from an angle that keeps all
the players in view.
It is often a long shot and can sometimes perform
a double function as an establishing shot.
It is the foundation of what is called camera
coverage, other shots that reveal different aspects
of the action, groupings of two or three of the
actors at crucial moments, close-ups of individuals,
insert shots of various props, and so on.

15. Long
Shot
Sometimes referred to as a full shot or a wideshot.
Typically shows the entire object or human figure
and is usually intended to place it in some relation to
its surroundings; however, it is not as far away as an

16. Medium
Shot
A camera shot from a medium distance.
The dividing line between "long shot" and
"medium shot" is fuzzy, as is the line
between "medium shot" and "close-up".
In some standard texts and professional
references, a full-length view of a
human subject is called a medium shot.

18. Close
Up
Tightly frames a person or
object. The most common
close-ups are ones of actors'
faces.
Usually used for reaction
shots displaying emotion of
subject.