o Camera shots o
Wide shot: a video or film recording made with the camera positioned to observe the most action in the performance.
Mid shot: a shot taken at a medium distance.
Medium close up: half way between a close up and a mid shot.
Close up: a certain feature or part of the subject takes upe the whole frame.
Extreme close up: shows extreme details.
Two-shot: a comfortable shot of two persons, framed similarly to a mid shot.
Pont-of-view-shot: shows what a character or group of characters is seeing.
Nobody shot: usually refers to shot of the interviewer listening and reacting to the subject, although noddies can be used in dram ando other situations.
Weather shot: the subject is the weather, usually the sky. Can be used for other purposes.
o Camera angles o
High angles: shows the subject from above, the camera is angled down towards the subject.
Low angles: shows the subject from below, giving them the impression of being more powerful or dominant.
Canted angles: is when the camera is tilted, usually to suggest imbalance, translation, or instability.
o Camera movements o
Pan: Horizontal movement, left to right.
Tilt: Vertical movement of the camera angle.
Crane: Vertical movement of the camera with a crane.
Steadicam: The camera is strapped to camera operator´s body creates a gliding effect.
Hand-held: A shaky hanheld effect.
Zoom: Technically this isn´t a camera move, but a change in the lens focal length with gives the ilusion of moving the camera coler or futher away.
