2. Camera shots
• Establishing
• Wide shot
• Long shot
• Close-up shot
• Extreme close-up shot
• Over the shoulder shot
• Overhead shot
• Two shot
• Mid/medium shot
• Point of View (POV).
3. Establishing shot
• This establishes the setting which often gives
the viewer information about where the scene
is set.
• E.g. Eastenders.
4. Wide shot
• With ‘wide shots’ you can show a large variety
of information similarly to a panoramic photo.
Furthermore, Wide shot’s are mainly used as
establishing shots.
5. Long shot
• This is the framing of a characters body.
• This shot is normally used in action movies as
it shows the characters running.
7. Extreme close-up shot
• This shot shows the extreme detail.
• An extreme version of the close up, generally magnifying beyond what the human eye would
experience in reality. An extreme close up of a face showing the eyes or mouth.
8. Over the shoulder shot
• The camera is placed behind the characters
shoulder enough to frame the two character’s.
• The character facing the other person takes up
1/3 of the frame, whereas the other character
takes up 2/3 showing that their inferior as
opposed to the person with its back turned.
17. Tilt
• A ‘tilt’ is a vertical camera movement in which
the camera points up and down from the
stationary location (similar to ‘Pan’).
18. Pan
• A pan is a horizontal camera movement in
which the camera moves left and right about a
central axis.
19. Track
• Tracking shot is widely considered as a camera
mounted on a cart which travels along tracks.
20. Zoom
• A ‘Zoom’ is technically not a camera move as
it does not require the camera itself to move
at all. Zooming means altering the focal length
of the lens to give the illusion of moving closer
to an action.
21. Reverse Zoom
• This is the opposite of ‘Zoom’ which moves
further away from an action.
22. Camera composition
• Balance
• Symmetry (linked to balance).
• Asymmetry (linked to balance).
• Shallow focus
• Deep focus
• Depth of field
• Rules of Third
• Focus pulls
26. Shallow focus
• ‘Shallow focus’ is Incorporating a small depth
of field (Out of focus and focus).
• This was achieved by using ‘auto-macro’ on
my bridge camera.
27. Deep focus
• This is when everything in the shot is in focus
(foreground, middle ground and background
as a whole).
28. Depth of Field
• Depth of field refers to the range of distances
from the camera at which acceptably sharp
focus can be obtained.
29. Rule of Thirds
• Create 3x3 grid on your shot, and align the
main subject along the intersection of the
lines. (2 horizontal lines, 2 vertical lines).
• Images below is 2/3 of sky and 1/3 of ground.
30. Focus pulls.
• ‘Focus pulls’ happens when adjusting the
camera lenses the shot goes from out of focus
into deep focus.