Camera shots angles_and_movements
- 1. Camera shots angles movements
- 2. shots
- 3. Long shot Features a person from head to toe A full body shot LS
- 4. Medium Shot Features the person from the waist to the head MS
- 5. Bust shot Features a person from chest to head More personal than a medium shot Bust
- 6. Close-up Features a person’s head and shoulders We are close to the character Able to more clearly recognize facial expressions CU
- 7. Extreme Close-up Closest we can get to a person or object Eye, mouth, watch, doorknob, etc. ECU
- 8. Establishing Shot First shot of a scene Tells where the action will be taking place EST
- 9. EST Can be a building A sign Or a title Principal’s Office
- 10. Over the shoulder shot Back of person’s head=foreground Main character’s head=background, but it is in focus We know the character is talking to someone OS
- 11. 2 shot A shot with 2 people in it
- 12. angles
- 13. normal Shot is taken at a normal, everyday angle Eye-level
- 14. Low angle Camera is on ground or low…and looking up Subject on the screen is powerful or superior
- 15. High angle Camera looks down on the subject Subject on the screen is weak or inferior
- 16. dutch Angle is diagonal, crooked Suggests action or excitement Something abnormal is going on
- 17. Point of view Camera becomes the eye of the subject POV
- 18. movements
- 19. pan Camera head moves from side to side Camera is mounted on tripod or shoulder
- 20. tilt Camera head moves up or down Camera is mounted on tripod or shoulder
- 21. truck Entire camera moves from side to side
- 22. Dolly Entire camera moves towards or away from a subject Camera moves forward or backwards
- 23. Zoom in Camera is stationary, but an object on screen appears to be getting closer to camera Camera lenses are shifting
- 24. Zoom out Camera is stationary, but an object on screen appears to be moving further away from the camera Camera lenses are shifting