The document discusses various camera shots used in filmmaking and what each shot achieves. An extreme close up focuses on very small details like a character's facial expression. A close up shows a character's head and shoulders to reveal details. A mid close up is slightly more pulled back than a close up. A mid shot shows a character from the waist up. A long shot captures the whole body from the ground up. A two shot includes two people to highlight their interaction, often cutting to an over the shoulder shot of the speaking character.

1. Shot types Over the following slides I will be explaining the main shots used in filming and what they achieve.

2. Extreme close up This shot is used to reveal very small details in the scene. For example it can help tell us how a character is feeling, it can also show small detail which characters may have missed but the audience catches on to.

3. Close up This shot is used to, again, reveal detail but not to the extent of an extreme close up, a close up is a shot of just the head and top of the shoulders of a character.

4. Mid close up This shot is like the close up but a little more panned out so we can see more of the shoulders This shot reveals enough detail to see the characters mouth and the expression on their face.

5. Mid shot- [torso] This shot views the character from just above the waist to above the head and is used when the character is doing something which requires some detail to be noticed.

6. Long shot This shot is of the whole person, from the ground to above their head, this shot can also be used as an establishing shot.

7. Two shot This shot is used when there are two people in the scene and their interaction is important It is a good way of introducing conversations and a cut to an over the shoulder shot usually follows

8. Over the shoulder This shot reveals one character as seen from over the shoulder of another character Often used in conversations between two people where the director wants to focus on the person speaking or reacting.