Camera angles, shots and movements
Close up Shot : This shot tightly frames a person or an object. Close-ups are one of the standard shots used regularly with medium shots and long shots Long Shot: This is a shot that is taken from a far away distance, this can even be a quarter of a mile away to show a landscape or large scenes of action Medium shot: In film, a medium shot, mid shot (MS), or waist shot is a camera angle shot from a medium distance. Extreme close up shot: This shot is one tightly framing a part of a person or object Extreme long shot: This can be taken from as much as a quarter of a mile away, and is generally used as a scene-setting, establishing shot. High angle shot: A high-angle shot is a cinematic technique where the camera looks down on the subject from a high angle low angle shot: a low-angle shot, is a shot from a camera angle positioned low on the vertical axis, anywhere below the eye line, looking up. Birds eye shot: A bird's-eye view is an elevated view of an object from above, with a perspective as though the observer were a bird Worms eye shot: A worm's-eye view is a view of an object from below, as though the observer were a worm POV shot: A point of view shot (also known as POV shot, First-personshot or a subjective camera) is a short film scene that shows what a character (the subject) is looking at |