Camera Shots

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EXTREME LONG SHOT

- Also called extreme wide shots

such as a large crowd scene or
a view of scenery as far as the
horizon
EXTREME LONG SHOT
LONG SHOT

- a view of a situation or setting

from a distance
LONG SHOT
MEDIUM LONG SHOT

- shows a group of people in

interaction with each other,
example: fight scene with part of
their surroundings in the picture
MEDIUM LONG SHOT

FF5
FULL SHOT

- a view of a figure’s entire body in

order to show action and/or a
constellation group of characters
FULL SHOT

Maureen
Wroblewitz
MEDIUM CLOSE SHOT

- shows a subject down to his/her

chest/waist
 MEDIUM CLOSE SHOT

Maureen
Wroblewitz
CLOSE UP SHOT

- a full-screen shot of a subject’s

face showing the finest nuances
of expression
 CLOSE UP SHOT

Pia Wurtzbach
EXTREME CLOSE UP SHOT

- a shot of a hand, eye, mouth, or

any object in detail
EXTREME CLOSE UP SHOT
Camera Shots:

🞅 Extreme Long Shot

🞅 Long Shot
🞅 Medium Long Shot
🞅 Full Shot
🞅 Medium Close Shot
🞅 Close-up Shot
🞅 Extreme Close-up Shot
Point of View
Establishing Shot

- often used at the beginning of a

scene to indicate the location or
setting, it is usually a long shot
taken from a neutral position
Establishing Shot

What does this shot means ?

Point-of-View Shot

- Shows a scene from the

perspective of a character or one
person. Most newsreel footages
are shown from the perspective of
the newscaster.
Point-of-View Shot
Over-the-Shoulder Shot

- Often used in dialogue scenes, a

frontal view of a dialogue partner
from the perspective of someone
standing behind and slightly to the
side of the other partner, so that
parts of both can be seen
Over-the-Shoulder Shot
Reaction Shot

- Short shot of a character’s

response to an action
Reaction Shot
Insert Shot

- A detail shot which quickly gives

visual information necessary to
understand the meaning of a
scene
Insert Shot
Reverse-Angle Shot

- a shot from the opposite

perspective
Reverse-Angle Shot
Hand-held Camera Shot

- The camera is not mounted on a

tripod and instead is held by the
cameraperson, resulting in less
stable shots
Hand-held Camera Shot
Point of View:

🞅 Establishing Shot
🞅 Point-of-View Shot / POV Shot
🞅 Over-the-Shoulder Shot
🞅 Reaction Shot
🞅 Insert Shot
🞅 Reverse-Angle Shot
🞅 Hand-Held Camera shot
Camera Angles
Aerial Shot

- Overhead Shot
- Also called Bird’s Eye Shot
- Long or extreme long shot of the
ground from the air
Aerial Shot
High-Angle Shot

- Shows people or objects from

above higher than eye level
High-Angle Shot
Low-Angle Shot

- Below Shot
- Shows people or objects from
below, lower than eye level
Low-Angle Shot
Eye-Level Shot

- Straight-on Angle
- Views a subject from the level of a
person’s eye
Eye-Level Shot
Camera Angles

🞅 Aerial Shot
🞅 High-Angle Shot
🞅 Low-Angle Shot
🞅 Eye-Level Shot
Camera
Movements
Pan Shot

- The camera pans (moves

horizontally) from left to right or
vice versa across the picture
Pan Shot
Tilt Shot

- The camera tilts up (moves

upwards) or tilts down (moves
downwards) around a vertical line
Tilt Shot
Tracking Shot

- The camera follows along next

to or behind a moving object or
person
Tracking Shot
Zoom

- The stationary camera

approaches a subject by
“zooming in” or moves farther
away by “zooming out”.
Zoom
Zoom
Camera Movements:

🞅 Pan Shot
🞅 Tilt Shot
🞅 Tracking Shot
🞅 Zoom
CONVENTIONS