4. Close up shots are extremely close shots that
are used to draw the viewer closer and to involve them in what is
happening.
5. Crab Shot is a type of shot which involves the camera being placed in a
confined space.
6. Deep Focus is when the camera focuses on objects both near and far at
the same time.
7. Establishing shot is a shot that is usually at the start of a programme or
a film and is usually of a whole view.
8. A Hand-held shot is a shot that is filmed
with the camera held by the camera man
and is not on a tripod.
9. Head-On shots are often used in war or action movies and is focused
directly in front of the action.
10. High angle is a a view from above the subject(s), often making the
subject look vulnerable, isolated or powerless.
11. A Long Shot is a distant shot where the
camera is a long way from the subjects
being filmed.
12. A Loose Frame is typically where there is a lot
of room around an object or a person,
presenting them as being alone, isolated or
unimportant.
13. A Low-Angle Shot is where the camera is filmed from below eye level.
14. A Master Shot is when the camera shot is used at the beginning of a
sequence to establish the component elements and relationships to
allow the audience to make sense of what is happening.
15. A Pan shot is action involving gently
moving the camera 180°across the
subject.
16. A Point-of-View Shot is when the camera shot is taken from the position
of the subjects, used to make the shot realistic.
17. A Pull Focus describes a shot where an object is on focus but their
surroundings are blurred.
18. A Rule of Thirds shot describes a technique used in order to make the
shot look interesting. Rather than placing a person or object in the
middle, they’re placed at the sides.
19. Shallow Focus is when an object near the front is focused and
everything around it is blurred out. This is used in order to make
something look more important.
20. Soft focus is used with a special lens or filter in order to create a hazy
light around the object or individual.
21. Subjective Filming (or POV) is when the camera is positioned in the
character’s eyes, looking at the world.
22. A Tight Frame is when a shot is
composed with the person or
object given very little space
around them.
23. A Tilt shot involves moving the camera vertically up and down from a
fixed position.
24. A Tracking Shot is when the camera moves along rails to follow the
subject.
25. A Whip Pan is a very fast pan between two or more characters.
26. A Wide Shot can be used to establish a shot of a set or location or to
show a crowd of people.
27. Zoom/Reverse Zoom is when you adjust the camera lens to move in
close or to pull away from the subject.
28. The 180 degree Rule is during a scene featuring two people or more.
Camera’s are placed 180 degree’s from them, ensuring that your camera
was on one side to that line and is not to cross that line.
29. Breaking the 180 degree rule (Crossing the line) is when, during a scene
between two people, the camera can pass the line at some point.
