The document discusses different types of camera shots defined by how much of the subject or scene is included in the frame. Shots range from close-ups of just the face to long shots or extreme long shots that show the full body or more of the surrounding environment. It also covers different camera angles like eye-level, high-angle, and low-angle shots. Compositions can combine shots, like an establishing long shot followed by a close-up, or use techniques like over-the-shoulder shots or rule of thirds placement of the subject.

1. COMPOSITION FOR
VIDEO

2. CAMERA SHOTS
How a shot is framed.

3. Top of head to shoulders
Close Up (CU)

4. Anything closer than a Close Up (CU)
Extreme Close Up (ECU)

5. Top of head to waist
Medium Shot (MS)

6. Top of head to just below knees.
3/4 Shot

7. Head to feet and wider.
Long Shot (LS)

8. Character becomes almost lost in the
scene.
Extreme Long Shot (ELS)

9. MORE COMPOSITIONS
The following shots can be any of the previous as
well.
For example:
● An establishing shot AND a Long Shot.
● A two-shot AND a medium shot.
● An over the shoulder shot AND a close up.

10. Shows the audience where the scene is
taking place.
Establishing (Master) Shot

11. Often used in conversations.
Two-Shot

12. Used in interviews. Also known as
“Shot/Reverse Shot.”
Over-the-Shoulder Shot (OS)

13. Signifies a distinct group of people.
Three-Shot

14. CAMERA ANGLES
Vertical position of the camera relative to the subject.

15. Camera is at the subject’s eye level.
Eye-Level

16. Camera is almost overhead of subject.
Bird’s Eye

17. Camera is above subject.
High-Angle

18. Camera is below subject.
Low-Angle

19. Camera is placed near or on the ground.
Worm’s-Eye View

20. Camera is tilted.
Dutch Angle (aka Canted Angle)

21. THEORIES OF
COMPOSITION

22. Space between the top of the subject’s
head and the top edge of the frame.
Headroom

23. In a profile shot, the space between the subject’s
nose and the opposite edge of the frame.
Noseroom

24. Place the subject along those grid lines. The
intersections of the lines are especially compelling.
Rule of Thirds