Camera Shots / Angles

Mohamed King Aly Mirza Raza

Beig
& Slim Chadi Awadalla 10BC

Info
O When describing camera angles, or

creating them yourself, you have to

think about three important factors
O The FRAMING or the LENGTH of shot
O The ANGLE of the shot
O If there is any MOVEMENT involved

Extreme long shot

O A panoramic view of an exterior

location, photographed from a great

distance, often as far as a quartermile away.

Long Shot
O Includes an amount of picture within

the frame which roughly corresponds

to the audience's view of the area
within the proscenium arch of the
legitimate theater.

Medium Shot
O A relatively close shot, revealing a

moderate amount of detail. A

medium shot of a figure generally
includes the body from the knees or
waist up.

Close-Up
O A detailed view of a person or object,

usually without much context

provided.

Point-of-view shot
O Any shot which is taken from the

vantage point of a character in the

film. Also known as the first person
camera.

Over-the-shoulder shot
O A medium shot, useful in dialogue

scenes, in which one actor is

photographed head-on from over the
shoulder of another actor.

Extreme Close-Up
O A minutely detailed view of an object

or a person. An extreme close-up of

an actor generally includes only his
eyes, or his mouth.

Deep Focus
O A shot that keeps the foreground,

middle ground and background ALL

in sharp focus.

Cowboy Shot
O A shot framed from mid thigh up, so

called because of its recurrent use in

Westerns.

Bridging Shot
O A shot that denotes a shift in time or

place, like a line moving across an

animated map.

Arc Shot
O A shot in which the subject is circled

by the camera.

Cross cutting
O The alternating of shots from two

sequences, often in different locales,

to suggest the sequences are taking
place simultaneously.

Dissolve
O These terms refer to the slow fading

out of one shot and the gradual

fading in of its successor, with a
superimposition of images, usually at
the midpoint.

Establishing shot
O Usually an extreme long or long shot

offered at the beginning of a scene

or sequence providing the viewer
with the context of the subsequent
closer shots

Camera Angles
O The relationship between the camera

and the object being photographed)

gives emotional information to an
audience, and guides their judgment
about the character or object in shot.
O The more extreme the angle the
more symbolic and heavily-loaded
the shot.

The Bird's-Eye view

O A shot in which the camera

photographs a scene from directly

overhead.

High Angle
O A shot in which the subject is

photographed from above.

Oblique angle
O A shot which is photographed by a

tilted camera. When the image is

projected on the screen, the subject
itself seems to be tilted on its side.

Fish-eye lens
O An extreme wide angle lens, which

distorts the image so radically that

the edges seem wrapped into a
sphere.

Loose framing
O Usually in longer shots. The mise-

en-scne is so spaciously distributed

that the subject photographed has
considerable latitude of movement.

Mise-en-scne
O The arrangement of volumes and

movements within a given space. In

the cinema, the space is defined by
the frame; in the legitimate theater,
usually by the proscenium arch.

Eye Level
O The placement of the camera

approximately 5 to 6 feet from the

ground corresponding to the height
of an observer on the scene.

Low Angle
O A shot in which the subject is

photographed from below.

Camera Movement
O A director may choose to move

action along by telling the story as a

series of cuts, going from one shot to
another, or they may decide to move
the camera with the action.

Pans
O Panning is a camera movement

technique that involves moving the

camera horizontally to the right or
left.

Dutch Tilt
O A shot where the camera is tilted on

its side to create a kooky angle.

Often used to suggest disorientation.

Tilts
O The tilt shot is similar to the pan

shot, but the tilt shot moves

vertically instead of horizontally.

Dolly Shots
O A shot that sees the camera track

forward toward a subject while

simultaneously zooming out creating
a woozy, vertiginous effect.

Hand-held shots
O Hand held shots serve to create a

more home made or dramatic feel

to a shot.

Crane Shots
O a crane shot is a shot taken by a

camera on a crane or jib

Zoom Lenses
O A shot in which a subject, scene, or

action is brought closer or made to

recede by the use of a zoom lens.

The Aerial Shot

O An exterior shot filmed from the air.

Often used to establish a location.

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