CAMERA SHOTS

To make a shot list, a filmmaker or video creative must know the classic types of shots based on attributes like shot size, shot framing, camera movement, camera
mechanisms and depth of field.

What is a camera shot?

A camera shot is composed of the series of frames that are shot uninterrupted from the moment the camera starts rolling until it stops. By combining different types of
shots, angles, and movements, filmmakers are able to emphasize specific emotions, ideas and movement for each scene.
1. Extreme Wide Shot (ELS)
2. Long Shot (LS) / Wide Shot (WS)
3. Full Shot (FS)
4. Medium Long Shot (MLS) / Medium Wide Shot (MWS)
5. Cowboy Shot
6. Medium Shot (MS)
7. Medium Close Up (MCU)
8. Close Up (CU)
9. Extreme Close Up (ECU)
10. Establishing Shot

What is camera shot framing?

The art and science of placing subjects in your shots. Camera shots are all
about composition. Rather than pointing the camera at the subject, you need to
compose an image.
1. Single Shot
2. Two Shot
3. Three Shot
4. Over-the-Shoulder Shot (OTS)
5. Point-of-View Shot (POV)

What is depth of field (DOF)? Camera shot angles: used to specify the location where the camera is placed to take a
The size of the area in tour image where objects appear acceptably shot. The position of the camera in relation to the subjects can affect the way a viewer
sharp. The area in question is know as the field, and the size (in z-space) perceives the scene.
of that area is the depth of field. The centre most point of the field is 1. Eye Level Shot
known as the point of focus. 2. Low Angle Shot
1. Rack Focus / Focus Pull 3. High Angle Shot
2. Shallow Focus 4. Hip Level Shot
3. Deep Focus 5. Knee Level Shot
4. Tilt-Shift 6. Ground Level Shot
5. Soft Focus 7. Shoulder-Level Shot
6. Split Diopter 8. Dutch Angle Shot
9. Birds-Eye-View Shot / Overhead Shot
10. Aerial Shot / Helicopter Shot

What is camera movement?

A powerful filmmaking tool employed to modify the relationship
between the subject and the camera frame, with the goal of altering
viewer’s perspective of space and time for a more impactful and visceral
visual storytelling. Camera mechanisms: camera equipment, depending on the gear you use, the feeling
1. Static / Fixed Shot of the shot can dramatically change.
2. Dolly Shot 1. Sticks / Tripod
3. Zoom Shot 2. Slider Shot
4. Dolly Zoom Shot 3. Handheld Shot
5. Pan Shot 4. Steadicam Shot
6. Tilt Shot 5. Gimbal Shot
7. Whip Pan Shot 6. Crane Shot
8. Whip Tilt Shot 7. Jib Shot
9. Tracking Shot 8. Drone Shot
10. Crab Shot 9. Wire Shot
11. Arc Shot