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The
“Grammar”
of the
Submitted By:
Dangdang, Almairah M.
Camera
XII-Augustus
Submitted To:
Ms. Helen B. Escosora
EXTREME LONG SHOT
 Shot of, e.g.,
a large crowd
scene or a view
of scenery as
far as the
horizon
EXTREME LONG SHOT
EXAMPLE SHOT:
LONG SHOT

A view of a
situation or
setting from
a distance.
MEDIUM LONG SHOT
 Shows a group of
people in interaction
with each other, e.g.,
a fight scene, with
part of their
sorrundings in the
picture.
LONG SHOT
EXAMPLE SHOT:
MEDIUM LONG SHOT
EXAMPLE SHOT:
FULL SHOT
 Shows a group of
people in interaction
with each other, e.g.,
a fight scene, with
part of their
sorrundings in the
picture.
FULL SHOT
EXAMPLE SHOT:
MEDIUM SHOT, MID SHOT,
AND MEDIUM CLOSE SHOT


Shows a
subject
down to his
or her chest
or waist
MEDIUM SHOT, MID SHOT,
AND MEDIUM CLOSE SHOT
EXAMPLE SHOT:
CLOSE UP

A full-screen
shot of a
subjects’s face,
showing the
finest nuances
of expression.
CLOSE UP
EXAMPLE SHOT:
EXTREME CLOSE UP (SHOT)
DETAIL (SHOT) FOR OBJECTS

A full-screen
shot of a
subjects’s face,
showing the
finest nuances
of expression.
EXTREME CLOSE UP (SHOT)
DETAIL (SHOT) FOR OBJECTS
EXAMPLE SHOT:
 POINT
OF VIEW
ESTABLISHING SHOT
 Often used at the
beginning of a scene
to indicate the
location or setting, it
is ussually a long
shot taking from a
neutral position.
ESTABLISHING SHOT
EXAMPLE SHOT:
POINT-OF-VIEW SHOT,
POV-SHOT
 Shows a scene
from a perspective of
a character or one
person. Most
newsreel footages are
shown from the
perspective of the
newscaster.
POINT-OF-VIEW SHOT,
POV-SHOT
EXAMPLE SHOT:
OVER-THE-SHOULDER
SHOT
 Often used in
dialogue scenes, a frontal
view of a dialogue
partner from the
perspctive of someone
standing behind and
slightly to the side of the
other patner, so that
parts of both can be seen
OVER-THE-SHOULDER
SHOT
EXAMPLE SHOT:
REACTION SHOT
 Short shot
of a
character’s
response to
an action
REACTION SHOT
EXAMPLE SHOT:
INSERT (SHOT)
 A detail short
which quickly gives
visual information
necessary to
understand the
meaning of a scene, for
example a newspaper
page, or a physical
detail.
INSERT (SHOT)
EXAMPLE SHOT:
REVERSE-ANGLE
SHOT
 A shot from
the opposite
perspective,
eg., after an
over-the-
shoulder shot
REVERSE-ANGLE
SHOT
EXAMPLE SHOT:
HAND-HELD
CAMERA
 The camera is
not mounted on a
tripod and instead
is held by the
cameraperson,
resulting in less
stable shots.
HAND-HELD CAMERA
EXAMPLE SHOT:
CAMERA
ANGLES
AERIAL SHOT OR HIGH
ANGLE OR OVERHEAD
 Long
extreme long
shot of the
ground from
the air.
AERIAL SHOT OR HIGH
ANGLE OR OVERHEAD
EXAMPLE SHOT:
HIGH-ANGLE SHOT
 Shows
people or
objects from
above, higher
than eye level.
HIGH-ANGLE SHOT
EXAMPLE SHOT:
LOW-ANGLE SHOT OR
BELOW SHOT
 Shows
people or
objects from
below, i.e.,
lower than
eye level.
LOW-ANGLE SHOT OR
BELOW SHOT
EXAMPLE SHOT:
EYE-LEVEL SHOT OR
STRAIGHT-ON ANGLE
 Views a
subject from
the level of a
person’s eyes.
EYE-LEVEL SHOT OR
STRAIGHT-ON ANGLE
EXAMPLE SHOT:
 CAMERA
MOVEMENT
PAN(NING) SHOT
 The camera
pans (moves
horizontally)
from left to right
or vice versa
across the
picture.
PAN(NING) SHOT
EXAMPLE SHOT:
TILT (SHOT)
 The camera
tilts up (moves
upward) or tilts
down (moves
downwards)
around a vertical
line.
TILT (SHOT)
EXAMPLE SHOT:
TRACKING SHOT
 The camera
follows along
next to or
behind a
moving object
or person.
TRACKING SHOT
EXAMPLE SHOT:
ZOOM
 The stationary
camera approaches
a subject by
‘zooming’;or moves
father away by
‘zooming out’
ZOOM
EXAMPLE SHOT:
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