The document discusses different types of camera shots used in filmmaking including establishing shots, wide shots, medium shots, close-ups, medium close-ups, bird's eye views, over shoulder shots, shot reverse shots, low angle shots, and high angle shots. Establishing shots set the context of a scene while wide shots show more of the environment without focus. Medium shots show half of a person's body. Close-ups show detail and emotion. Bird's eye views look directly down and over shoulder shots see what a character sees. Shot reverse shots alternate between two characters looking at each other. Low angle shots make objects appear bigger while high angle shots make them seem smaller.
2. Establishing shot
• An establishing shot in filmmaking and television production
sets up, or establishes the context for a scene by showing the
relationship between its important figures and objects. It is
generally a long- or extreme long shot at the beginning of a
scene indicating where, and sometimes when, the remainder
of the scene takes place.
3. Wide shot
• The one on the left is an extreme wide shot where you can
catch more in the picture but it is not very detailed at which
because it is not really focusing on anything its just one whole
picture that were looking at.
• The one on the right is an very wide shot where you are abit
further in than the one on the left but still not focusing on
anything bar the whole image, there for we are just interested
in whatever we see there is not a main eye catcher.
4. Medium shot
• In film, a medium shot is a camera angle shot from a medium
distance. It shows half the body of a human, its not a close up
but its not a big distance shot either. It sometimes from the
waist upwards normally shows the expression and body
language of the person in the image.
5. Close up
• Close-ups are used in many ways, for many reasons. Close-ups
are often used as cutaways from a more distant shot to show
detail, such as characters' emotions.
6. Medium close up
• Between a close up and a mid shot. Of a person, this camera
shot shows from the mid-chest up to the top of the head.
7. Birds eye view
• Birds eye view is where your looking directly down at the
object you are taking a photographic image of, you can see
everything around the object too.
8. Over shoulder shot
• An over shoulder shot is where you film over somebody's
shoulder and you see what they see so your pretending to be
them.
9. Shot reverse shot
• Shot reverse shot (or shot/counter shot) is a film technique
where one character is shown looking at another character
(often off-screen), and then the other character is shown
looking back at the first character. Since the characters are
shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that
they are looking at each other.
10. Low angle shot
• A low angle shot is where your aiming up at
the person/object that you are aiming at, it
makes the object look bigger and sometimes
in films it does it to actors who are playing a
big roll maybe a evil person.
11. High angle shot
• High angle shot is where you aim down at the
person and take shots like that. It can show
maybe that the actor or object is lower than
them maybe in power? Or it can show that the
person/object is smaller than the person
taking the shot.