This document discusses various types of shots used in cinematography including establishing shots to set the location and time period, medium shots showing a person from middle to head or waist, close-ups to highlight emotion or tension, point-of-view shots from one character's perspective, over the shoulder shots that make the audience feel like they are present, and high and low angle shots used to make characters seem powerful or weak respectively.

1. Cinematography
 Establishing shot- Where the film is set: location. Also gives a time
period. Usually a piece of landscape.
 Wide shot (WS) - A shot that is wide usually has a person in it. Tells us
wherethe person is to give us more information.
 Medium shot (MS) – Showing a person middle upwards or middle
downwards. So itonly shows theimportant part.
 Medium closeup- To show moreemotion, showing head and shoulders
if it’s a person.
 Close up (CU) - Usually to show something significant.

2.  Extreme close up- If it’s a person justeyes, to highlight emotion or to
add tension.
 Point of view shot- When you show a person’s pointof view, adding a
body part of the person so the audience know.
 Over the shoulder shot- The camera man is standing behind the person
looking over their shoulder. This is to make the audience feel like you
are there.

3.  Two shot- Two people in a shot.
 Shot reverseshot- whereyou go from one person to the next and back
and forth. Has to obey 180 degree rule: only camera on one half from
different angles.
 Low angle shot- get down on the floor and point camera up at the shot.
Used to make the people look morepowerful.
 High angle shot- Camera is up high, used to make people look weak.