A presentation of these different aspects, their definitions and picture examples.

1. Camera
Angles, Shots, Movement and
Positions.
Created by Hannah Scholefield

2. Establishing Shot
Establishes the context for a scene: showing
where and when the film is set.

3. Low Angled Shot
A shot of an object from below looking up.
Used to increase the height of an
object, making it seem powerful and
threatening.

4. High Angled Shot
A shot of an object from above looking down.
Used to make an object seem smaller and/or
vulnerable.

5. Close-up
A shot of a part of the body with a little
background.

6. Medium Close-up
A shot of a person from the mid-chest to the
top of the head.

7. Extreme Close-up
A shot magnifying a part of the body (e.g. the
eyes) showing no background.

8. Long Shot
A shot of a object/person from a distance,
showing the whole of their body from head to
toe.

9. Medium Long Shot
A shot of a person from the waist up.

10. Two/Three Shot
A shot including two or three people

11. Aerial Shot
A shot taken from a birds eye
view, establishing a setting.

12. Point Of View
A shot of what the subject can see.

13. Panning
A movement that scans a scene horizontally.

14. Tilting
A movement that scans a scene vertically.

15. Tracking
A shot taken by a person following the subject
with a camera

16. Dollying
Involves a track being laid on set for the
camera to follow/move on.

17. Zoom in/out
A shot of the subject where the camera
appears to move closer/further away from it.

18. Hand Held Shot
A shot taken by a hand held camera. This is
used to make the viewer feel like they are in
the scene.

19. Focus Pull
A shot that maintains image sharpness on the
subject being filmed.

20. Canted Angle
A shot used to suggest point of view shots (i.e.
When the camera becomes the eyes of one
particular character, seeing what they see)

21. Rule of 3rds
A concept in video/film production in which
the frame is divided into nine imaginary
sections.