This document describes various cinematic camera shots including the mid shot, trombone shot, wide shot, steadicam shot, arc shot, and close up shot. The mid shot shows more detail of a person from the top half up. The trombone shot zooms forward while moving the camera. The wide shot establishes the background and shows a subject taking up the full frame. The steadicam shot keeps the camera steady through the use of a mechanical arm attached to the camera. The arc shot circles around the subject, sometimes in a half circle. The close up shot shows a detailed view of a person or object from a very short distance.

2. CINEMATIC – MID SHOT
This is the ‘Mid shot’. This shot shows more detail of the person, but
also showing enough for the audience to feel like you where looking at
the whole thing. It shows the top half of the body, as no one would be
paying attention to the bottom half. This shot works very well when the
intent is to deliver information.

3. CINEMATIC – TROMBONE
This cinematic motion is called the ‘Trombone’ shot, this is
when the camera man zooms at the same speed as moving
forward. This shot shows the emotional fear on her face in
the moment.

4. CINEMATIC – WIDE SHOT
This is called a ‘Wide shot’. This is where someone or something takes up full
frame. In this shot, its also establishes the background, it shows she is alone,
in a long corridor trying to run away from her real life nightmare.

5. CINEMATIC – STEADICAM
This is called a ‘Steadicam shot’. This shot is where the camera
instructor is attached to a camera with a mechanical arm. They
use this ‘arm camera’ for a film which keeps it steady for filming.

6. CINEMATIC – ARC SHOT
This motion is called an ‘Arc Shot’. This is where the camera is circling the
person, its not always a 360 circle, its can be half a circle round the object. It
shows how the person is feeling and what it is doing. As you can see Sarah is
slowly falling on her knees in tears, because she has realized she has lost her
family and in that exact moment she has no one.

7. CINEMATIC – CLOSE UP
This is called a ‘Close up’ shot. This is a camera shot
taken from a very short distance from the subject, this
is to permit a close and detailed view of the person or
object. As you can see this close up from Juno, it
shows she is very emotional as she can see her best
friend heartbroken from the loss of her daughter and
husband.