1. OBSERVATION FILM
CAMERA ANGLES

2. SLIDES
WHAT IS A CAMERA SHOT?
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SHOT 1
THE MEDIUM SHOT
5
THE LONG SHOT/WIDE
SHOT
7
CLOSE SHOT
8
COWBOY SHOT
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3. 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.
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4. SHOTS

5. • THE MEDIUM SHOT
• The Medium Shot is one of
the most common camera
shots. It's similar to the
cowboy shot above, but
frames from roughly
the waist up and through
the torso.
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SHOT 1

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THE MEDIUM SHOT

7. THE LONG SHOT/
WIDE SHOT
The Long Shot (also known
as a wide shot, abbreviated
“WS”) is the same idea, but
a bit closer. If your subject
is a person then his or her
whole body will be in view
— but not filling the shot.
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8. CLOSE UP SHOT
The close-up camera
shot fills your frame
with a part of your
subject. If your subject
is a person, it is often
their face.
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9. COWBOY SHOT
A variation on this is
the Cowboy Shot, which
frames the subject from
roughly mid-thighs up.
It’s called a “cowboy shot”
because it is used in
Westerns to frame a
gunslinger’s gun or holster
on his hip.
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10. COWBOY SHOT
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11. THANKYOU
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VANSHIKA SEHGAL