1. CAMERA
ANGLES,SHOTS AND
TECHNIQUES
PREPARED BY,
FAIQA J DABIR
(STUDENT OF BMM.)
2014

2. WHAT IS A SHOT?
 A shot is a series of frames, that runs for an
uninterrupted period of time.
 Film shots are an essential aspect of a movie
where angles, transitions and cuts are used to
further express emotion, ideas and movement.
 In production, a shot is the moment that the camera
starts rolling until the moment it stops.
 In film editing, a shot is the continuous footage or
sequence between two edits or cuts

3. CAMERA SHOTS TO DISCUSS
 Extreme Long shot
 Long shot
 Wide Shot
 Establishing shot
 Mid / Medium Shot
 Medium Close-up
 Close up shot
 Extreme Close Up
 Birds eye view shot
 Over the shoulder shot
 Point of view shot
 Two Shot

4. EXTREME LONG SHOT
 A wider frame value in which subjects in the frame
are small.

5. LONG SHOT
 A shot which displays a full figure from top to tip
showing the entire object or human figure

6. WIDE SHOT
 Long shot as a "wide shot" because it often
requires the use of a wide-angle lens.

7. ESTABLISHING SHOT
 When a long shot is used to set up a location and
its participants in film and video, it is called a
establishing shot.

8. MID / MEDIUM SHOT
 A shot displaying the human figure / object in half.

9. MEDIUM CLOSE-UP
 A shot which displays the figure in a little close-up
form but the head and shoulders are very much in
the frame.

10. CLOSE-UP SHOT
 It is a type of shot, which tightly frames a person or
an object. Close-ups display the most detail, but
they do not include the broader scene.

11. EXTREME CLOSE UP
 The shot is so tight that only a detail of the subject
can be seen.

12. BIRDS EYE SHOT
 A bird's-eye view is an elevated view of an object
from above, with a perspective as though the
observer were a bird.

13. OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT
 An over the shoulder shot (also over shoulder, OS,
OTS, or third-person shot) is a shot of someone or
something taken from the perspective or camera
angle from the shoulder of another person.

14. POINT OF VIEW SHOT
 A point of view shot (also known as POV shot or a
subjective camera) shows what a character (the
subject) is looking at (represented through the
camera).

15. TWO-SHOT
 A Two shot is a type of shot employed in the film
industry in which the frame encompasses a view of
two people (the subjects).

16. WHAT IS A CAMERA ANGLE?
 The camera angle marks the specific location at
which a camera is placed to take a shot.
 A scene may be shot from several camera angles
simultaneously

17. CAMERA ANGLE CATEGORIES
 High Angle shot
 Low Angle shot
 Eye-level camera angle

18. HIGH ANGLE SHOT
 A high angle shot is usually when the camera
angle is located above the eyeline.

19. LOW ANGLE SHOT
 A low-angle shot, is a shot from a camera
positioned low on the vertical axis, anywhere below
the eyeline, looking up.

20. EYE-LEVEL CAMERA ANGLE
 It is a shot when the camera is positioned on the
same level as that of the character in the film.

21. WHAT ARE CAMERA
MOVEMENTS/TECHNIQUES?
 Camera movements are often implemented to add
dynamism to shots, their best appearances are
when new information is revealed.
 At the beginning level, budding filmmakers
sometimes tilt and pan without the proper
motivation.
 Camera movements can be distracting and even
annoying when overused or used without a reason.

22. CAMERA MOVEMENT/TECHNIQUES
CATEGORIES
 Panning
 Tilt
 Zoom
 Tracking / Dolly

23. PANNING
 Panning refers to the rotation in a horizontal plane
of a camera.

24. TILT
 Technique in which the camera is stationary and
rotates in a vertical plane

25. ZOOM
 A camera movement requiring a zoom lens ("zoom
in/out")

26. TRACKING / DOLLY
 The camera is mounted to the dolly and the camera
assistant usually ride on the dolly to operate the
camera.
 For smooth movement.

27. There is a lot more to Camera that is used in films.I
have tried my best to present as many I could.
Thank You.