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High Angle Shot / Birds Eye View

A high angle shot which is also known as birds eye view, is shot whereby the camera is positioned at an angle above the object. This is shown in this image to show that that child is looking up at the adult he is talking to. This could also make him look weaker to the person he is talking. The smaller the camera makes the object/character look the taller the audience feels.

Low Angle Shot / Worms Eye View

A low angle shot which is also known as worms eye view is a shot whereby the camera is positioned at an angle below the object. This is shown in this image of the Joker to show he is overpowering and possibly intimidating to others. The higher and taller the object/character looks the more intimidated the audience feels towards that character.

Establishing Shot

The Establishing shot which is a wide shot of a location that establishes a scene of environment and surroundings. This is shown in the image above to show the beautiful scenery that James Bond is looking at. It can also be used to show shocking scenes for example a ruined town to show the disasters that the object/character has caused.

Extreme Long Shot

The Extreme Long Shot is wide short place a person or object a long distance away from the camera. This is shown in the image to show the whole beautiful scenery that the two people have around them.

Long Shot

A Long Shot is a shot in which a person can be seen from head to toe. This shows the characters whole body from head to toe of what they look like.

Medium long shot

A Medium long shot is a hot in which a person can be seen from head to knee so the upper torso can be seen. This shows the character in relation to the surroundings.

Medium shot

A medium shot is a shot in which a person can be seen from head to waist. This may be because the legs wont really be important. For example in the image above of the hunger games the legs wouldn’t matter but the main focus is of her arms and her surroundings

Medium close up

A medium close us is a shot in which a person can be seen from head to shoulders/upper body. This is used on the jokers face to show the audience of what he looks like closer up to the camera. This is usually when someone is talking as the body doesn’t matter.

Close up

A close up shot is a shot in which a persons head is captures. This is mainly to show the emotion of the character after hearing good/bad news.

Extreme close up

An extreme close up is a shot which captures a specific feature of reaction on a persons face. An example of this is in the image above as there has obviously been a tragic event and she looks slightly scared. This can also be used on an object like a gun in someone hand.

Point of view shot

A point of view shot is a shot captured from a persons point of view. This is shown in the image above so that is shows that the person is seeing so the audience feels like they are part of the movie and they are a character in the film.

Two shot

A two shot is any shot with two people in it. This is either because it’s a way of carrying on the film. Or it is to show that the two characters are on the same level.

Over the shoulder shot

An over the shoulder shot is a shot in which we can see a character over another characters shoulder. This in mainly when the characters are having a conversation.