Types of Camera shots
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Types of Camera Shots
Ollie Plunkett
Extreme Long Shot (Panoramic)
- An ‘extreme long shot’ is a view from an even greater distance- Can be used as an establishing shot to tell the audience where the next
scene is set
Long Shot
- Typically shows an entire object/human figure in correlation to its surroundings
- Useful for showing movement and establishing surroundings (action)
Mid-shot
- Shot taken from medium distance
Close Up
- Shot taken at a close range- Shows the target on a larger scale
Extreme Close-Up
- An extreme close up is a tight shot showing detail of a key feature (i.e. a characters eyes)- The shot is so tight that only a detail of the subject
Low-Angle Shot
- Makes the characters look bigger- Shows them as powerful and important
High-Angle Shot
- A ‘high-angle shot’ is a cinematic technique where the camera looks down on the subject from a ‘high angle’
- ‘High-angle’ shots can make the subject seem vulnerable or powerless
Two Shot
- A shot of two people together
Point of View Shot (POV)
- A ‘point of view shot’ (also known as ‘POV shot’) is a short film scene that shows what a character (the subject) is looking at (represented through the camera).
- Puts the audience in the eyes of the character
Over the Shoulder Shot
- An ‘over the shoulder shot’ is a shot of someone or something taken from the perspective or camera angle from the ‘shoulder’ of another person.
Birds-eye View
- A shot in which the camera photographs a scene from directly overhead
Worm shot
- A worm's-eye view is a view of an object from below, as though the observer were a worm (Opposite to a bird’s eye)