This document discusses different types of camera shots, angles, movements, and compositional techniques used in filmmaking. It provides definitions and examples of various shots like establishing shots, long shots, close-ups, and point-of-view shots. It also outlines different camera angles like low angles, high angles, and canted angles. Various camera movements such as pans, tilts, tracks, zooms, dollies, and cranes are explained. Finally, compositional techniques including balance, depth of field, symmetry, asymmetry, and the rule of thirds are defined.

1. Assignment 4: camera shots,
angles, movement, composition
By Laura Cuk

2. CAMERA SHOTS
These are the different types of camera
shots:
-Establishing
-Long
-Two
-Wide
-Mid
-Close-up
-Extreme close-up
-Over the shoulder
-Overhead
-POV (point of view)
-Aerial

3. Establishing
An establishing shot establishes the
setting of a scene.
An establishing shot is taken at ranges of
distances, as if they were taken from a
helicopter.
You would usually see an establishing
shot at the beginning of something.

4. Long
A long shot is a shot that shows the
framing of a character or subject of their
body
This shot is not necessarily used for only
people. A long shot can be used for other
things.
An example of this would be a dinner
table.

5. Two
A two shot is very straightforward
Usually done to show when two characters are
communicating, conversing, interacting.

6. Wide
• A wide shot is when you can view a large
variety of information
• A wide shot is also like a panoramic
photograph

7. Mid/Medium
A mid shot was commonly known as a medium
shot.
This camera shot is mostly used for dialogue
Also a mid shot shows the framing of a character
or subject of their torso and head, or their torso
and their legs.

8. Close-up
A close-up shot is the framing of a character or subject
which shows a particular part of their body or object.
An example would be a face, a nose, an eye etc.
Close up is used to show more detail or info of a
character or object.

9. Extreme close-up
Extreme close-ups are a shot that is part of the
body or face to show extreme detail

10. Over the shoulder
This shot is taken over the back of a characters
shoulder, emphasis on the ‘over the shoulder’
shot.

11. Overhead
An overhead shot is the type of camera shot
where the camera is placed above a characters
head.

12. POV (point of view)
A POV shot is a shot that shows a characters
perspective.
To do this particular shot, the camera will need
to be placed on the face of the character, (better
to be placed on the eyes) just like google
glasses.

13. Aerial
An aerial shot is quite similar to an overhead
shot. This shot is taken from an overhead
position.
This shot may be similar to an overhead shot,
but this shot is usually taken form a far distance.
This is an example of an aerial shot. This
picture is of the beginning of Eastenders.
An aerial shot is like a bird view.

14. CAMERA ANGLES
These are the three different types of camera angles:
-Low
-High
-Canted/Oblique

15. Low
A low angle is taken at a low level.
Usually positioned on the ground.
The purpose of a low angle is to enhance and
make a character or subject look dominant in
their role.

16. High
This is an angle taken a high place that looks
down on a character or subject.
The purpose of a high angle is to make the
character or subject appear smaller and
vulnerable.

17. Canted/Oblique
• This angle is an angle that makes whatever
has been shot to look as if it was stewed or
tilted.

18. CAMERA MOVEMENT
There are nine different types of camera movement:
-Pan
-Tilt
-Track
-Zoom
-Reverse zoom
-Dolly
-Crane
-Stedicam
-Vertigo

19. Pan
A pan movement involves pivoting horizontally.
This movement gives a panoramic view.

20. Tilt
A tilt is when the camera is pivoting from up and
down.
A tilt movement reveals information.

21. Track
Track is the movement of a camera that moves
from side to side.

22. Zoom
Zoom is when the camera features a zoom going
in towards an object.

23. Reverse zoom
Reverse zoom is the opposite of zoom.
Reverse zoom is also called a zoom out.

24. Dolly
A dolly movement is where the camera moves in
and out or backwards and forwards.

25. Crane
When the camera is on a crane
An example of this would be the way the camera
moves across the stage and audience like in the
x-factor.

26. Stedicam
A stedicam is a stabilizing mount for a camera
which mechanically isolates the operators
movement from the camera.
A stedicam is often used in sports or for high
action.

27. Vertigo
This is the movement which is zooming and
dollying at the same time.

28. COMPOSITION
There are eight different types of composition:
-Balance
-Depth of field
-Shallow focus
-Deep focus
-Symmetry
-Asymmetry
-Rule of thirds
-Focus Pulls

29. Balance
• When things are arranged elements so that no
one part of a work overpowers, or seems
heavier than other part.

30. Depth of field
• Is a distance of what is on focus.

31. Shallow focus
Shallow focus is a photographic and
cinematographic technique.
This movement is used to emphasise one thing
over another thing.

32. Deep focus
This is when everything is in focus.
This is when you can see the foreground,
background and midground

33. Symmetry
When the shot is equally symmetrical or balanced on both sides.

34. Asymmetry
Is the opposite of symmetry.
It is when the shot is equally asymmetrical or
unbalanced on both sides.
This type of composition is often used in filming
to show disorder, chaos.

35. Rule of thirds
This is a composition rule used for the visual arts,
such as paintings, photography, film and design.
Rule of thirds promotes interests, tension, energy
in a composition.
This is taken without rule of thirds. This is taken with rule of thirds.

36. Focus pulls
This type of composition is usually very hard to
compose.
It is when you pull or change the focus of
something.