Shot Types

 Close up : a movie or television shot in which some part of the subject or  the head of an actor, fills the entire frame.

 

 

Extreme close up :  A photograph or a movie shot in which the subject is tightly framed and shown at a relatively large scale.

 

 

Shot/Reverse shot : where one character is shown looking at another character and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that they are looking at each other.

 

 

  An establishing shot : is usually the first shot of a new scene, designed to show the audience where the action is taking place. It is usually a very wide shot or extreme wide shot.

 

 

High angle shot : where the camera looks down on the subject from a high angle. High-angle shots can make the subject seem vulnerable or powerless when applied with the correct mood, setting, and effects.

 

 

Low angle shot : is a shot from a camera angle positioned low on the vertical axis, anywhere below the eye line, looking up. Psychologically, the effect of the low-angle shot is that it makes the subject look strong and powerful.

 

 

Tilt shot : is where the camera is tilted,

often used to portray psychological uneasiness or tension in the subject being filmed.

 

 

Wide shot : typically shows the entire object or human figure and is usually intended to place it in some relation to its surroundings.