close up:
good for showing facial expressions and emotions
makes someone seem important in the scene
[extreme close up: just the eyes or a small part]
medium shot:
good for facial expressions and body language
roughly half of a body or object
combines close up and long shot
long shot:
shows off body and body language
shows all of a character
allows us to see a person in their surroundings
two shot:
shows a relationship between two people
can have a ‘medium two shot’ or ‘close up two shot’ etc.
can have a three shot, four shot etc.
establishing shot:
revealing a location
making setting clear - time, weather, period etc.
low angle shot:
camera is down low looking up at the scene
dramatic, makes characters look dominant, powerful
high angle shot:
camera is up high looking down on the scene
makes someone seem weak, innocent, vulnerable
encourages audience to feel sympathy
straight angle/ eye level shot:
helps audience to relate to character
audience feels on their level
bird's eye view shot:
extreme high angle looking straight down
makes something seems small or insignificant
canted angle/ dutch tilt:
camera is tilted at an angle
good for making disorientated or chaotic situations
good for making characters seem drunk or dazed
shallow focus:
only parts of the scene in focus
draws audience’s attention to make something seem important
deep focus:
everything in the background and foreground is in focus
good for showing surroundings
pull focus:
someone pulls the lens around
when the shot switches focus
trombone shot/ dolly zoom:
camera zooms in as it’s tracked in or vice versa
for dramatic/ major events
tracking shot:
camera is on wheels/ track
tracks across a setting
good for when characters are moving
handheld shot:
camera is hand held and very shaky and unstable
good for action
audience feel like they’re in the scene
pov shot:
audience sees through character’s eyes
over the shoulder shot:
for conversation or confrontation
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