This document defines and describes various camera shots used in filmmaking including establishing shots, wide shots, long shots, medium shots, close-ups, extreme close-ups, point-of-view shots, shoulder shots, two shots, tilts, high angles, low angles, zooms, dolly shots, hand-held shots, pans, tracking shots, crane shots, aerial shots, cinematography, and mise-en-scène. Each shot type is used to convey different information to the viewer and help tell the story through visual means such as character emotions, relationships, setting, and perspective.

1. MEDIA CAMERA
SHOTS.

2. ESTABLISHING SHOT
An establishing shot can be
taken from as long as a quarter
of a mile away and it can show
the time of the film and the
country it is in.

3. WIDE SHOT
A wide shot is a border shot
and can show parts of a set
or externals, can also
emphasise the scale,
dramatic and or epic.

4. LONGSHOT
A longshot is when the
camera is place far away
and can show the whole
of a person and or a lot
the scene.

5. MEDIUM SHOT
A medium shot is the
most common shot and
normally shows the
characters from the waist
up and can show all the
action in the scene.

6. CLOSE UP
This shows little
background and shows
all of the persons face
to emphasise emotion.
Eg anger.

7. EXTREME CLOSE UP
A extreme close up is when
you focus on 1 part of the
characters face or of an
important object in the
movie, it can show emotion
(tears and or anger)

8. POINT OF VIEW
A Point of view shot is when you
see action from the characters
‘point of view’ or perspective and
can create a sense of tension or
discomfort. Can be used well if
the character is running in a
forest.

9. SHOULDER SHOT
A shoulder shot is when you
look over a characters shoulder
and it makes us feel like we are
in the action. The camera is
normally over a accomplice of
the character.

10. TWO SHOT
Can show a
conversation between
characters and normally
can represent how close
the characters are too
each other- long
distance can mean their
relationship is poor and
if they are close can
represent a close
relationship.

11. TILTS
Tilts are where the
camera is place at an
angle to show a scene
from a different angle
and can make the
watcher feel uneasy.

12. HIGH ANGLE
Is when the camera
looks down onto a
character and makes
the character being
looked onto seem
powerless or of less
importance.

13. LOW ANGLE
Is when the camera looks
up at a character and
makes them feel of
importance or superior as
they are ‘higher’ than you.

14. ZOOM
A zoom shot is when the
camera gets closer or
further away from a
object, can lead to close
ups.

15. DOLLY SHOT
A dolly shot is where a
track is laid out on set
and the camera can be
moved around freely as
it is put on a tripod or
attached possibly to a
car and balances itself
out.

16. HAND-HELD SHOTS
A hand-held shot is
where there is
someone running
around with a camera,
jerky and ragged
effect favoured by
filmmakers.

17. PANS
This is where a camera
scans a scene
horizontally. The
camera is placed on a
tripods and moves
either left-right or
right-left.

18. TRACKING
The camera moves
sideways to ‘track’ the
character, otherwise similar
to a pan.

19. CRANE SHOT/AERIAL SHOT
A crane shot is where the
camera can move up and
down in the air, right and
left and can swoop in on
the action and can move
diagonally out of it.
A aerial shot is higher
than a crane shot and
can be taken by a
drone or helicopter.

20. CINEMATOGRAPHY
• Cinematography is the art of motion-picture photography, and is the technique of
making films for the cinema. It includes the shooting and development of the film.

21. MISE UNE SCENE
• Mise une scene is about what is in the set and consists of colour, costume, props
blocking/performance, location and lighting and is about how the directors use these
to show add depth to the plot and or could represent how a character is. For example
in 101 Dalmatians the bad woman's robe is red which could represent t he blood of
the puppies and her hair which is black and white can represent how crazy she is and
further the fact that she is the bad person in this film. Also the clothes people are
wearing can contribute to what the audience think of them as if people are wearing
better clothes it could show that they are of a higher class or social status(more
money) and if someone is wearing old torn clothes it could show that they character is
poor or not rich as there clothes are inferior to other characters who may be better off
than them.