Shots, angles, movements and compositions



Shots

 


Establishing shot – An establishing shot in film and television sets up, or establishes the context for a scene by showing the relationship between its important figures and objects

    

Master shot - A master shot is a film recording of an entire dramatized scene, from start to finish, from an angle that keeps all the players in view.







Close-up - A photograph or a film or television shot in which the subject is tightly framed and shown at a relatively large scale

Mid-shot – A medium shot in photography, film, or videotape production, shot where the subject and background share equal dominance in the picture.



Long shot - A camera shot taken at a relatively great distance from the subject and permitting a broad view of a scene.



Wide shot – A video or film recording made with the camera positioned to observe the most action in the performance.



Two-shot - A medium-range camera shot of two people





Aerial shot – Aerial shots are usually done with a crane or with a camera attached to a special helicopter to view large landscapes. This sort of shot would be restricted to exterior locations. A good area to do this shot would be a scene that takes place on a building.



Over the shoulder - In film or video, an over the shoulder shot (also over shoulder, OS, OTS, or third-person shot) is a shot of someone or something taken over the shoulder of another person.


Angle

High angle - A high angle shot is usually when the camera is located above the eyeline.

With this type of angle, the camera looks down on the subject and the point of focus often get "swallowed up" by the setting. High angle shots also make the figure or object seem vulnerable or powerless.

Low angle - In cinematography, a low-angle shot, is a shot from a camera positioned low on the vertical axis, anywhere below the eyeline, looking up.

Canted angle - A camera angle which is deliberately slanted to one side, sometimes used for dramatic effect to help portray unease, disorientation, frantic or desperate action, intoxication, madness, etc.

Composition

Deep focus- is a photographic and cinematographic technique using a large depth of field. Depth of field is the front-to-back range of focus in an image — that is, how much of it appears sharp and clear. Consequently, in deep focus the foreground, middle-ground and background are all in focus



Shallow focus -Shallow focus is a photographic and cinematographic technique incorporating a small depth of field. In shallow focus one plane of the image is in focus while the rest is out of focus. Shallow focus is typically used to emphasize one part of the image over another