Cinematography

Shot Types

Extreme long shot –

To set the scene also showing where the shot is going to place giving a wide camera angle. The actors in it usually will be really small.

Long shot/ Wide shot–

A long shot is a shop with a full body of the actor in it showing off what is going off and letting us see the body langue of them.

Medium long shot - 
This is very much like a long shot expect the shot is taken from the knees and upwards.

Medium shot / mid shot –

Frames the person from the wrist and up.  

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Medium close up-
This is a shot taken from the chest and upwards not as close as a close up but not far away to be a medium shot.

Close up-

A close up is used to show emotion and reaction, the frame is usually shoulders and upwards.

Extreme close up –

The frames would be close up on a part of the body it then shows detail to action and also can be used to pin point the characters face.

Establishing shot –

The frame is also at the beginning of a new scene showing where they are and is a larger frame than an extreme long shot.

Master shot-

The masters shot is a shot which in the scene they would return to, switching from shoots using close ups ECT... but go back to the starting shot of the scene of the two people in it.

Two shot –

A two shot is a shot where to people are equally framed at a media shot or a medium close up.

Ariel shot –

The frame has been taken from a helicopter from a very high angle.

Point of view shot-

This is a shot where the camera is looking from their eyes and draws you into the movie so you can feel the emotion and this can also be used to build tension and give a scary effect.

Over the shoulder - 
This is when the camera has the a shot of two people having a conversation but the cameras sat on one of the shoulders.

Angles

High angle –

This is a camera angle which is taken from a high point usually used to make the character to look venerable.

Low Angle-

This is when the camera is frame facing up toward the characters making them looking big and can also be seen as powerful.

Dutch Tilt -
This is when the camera has been tilted sideways and is put in there to try and cause confusion.

Pan and Tilt - 

Panning -
This is where the camera is fixed on a flat spot which rotates but stays in the same spot, this then used to show the effect of showing the screen of letting something pass by the camera.

Tracking - 
This is when the camera is fixed onto a tracker which then gives a smooth shot and follows the certain object or character along.

Crane - 
The camera is sat on the top of a crane and and move around this shot is very put like a high angle shot showing a shot from a high distance.