Introduction to shot types

In our first lesson we looked at the different shot types and camera angles used to empower us to use them when we make our thrillers and also to be able to recognise them when analysing thrillers.

Extreme long shot = ELS
Long shot =LS
Medium long shot =MLS
Medium shot =MS
Medium close up =MCU
Close up =CU

LOW ANGLE HIGH ANGLE
WORMS EYE BIRDS EYE
CANTED EYE LEVEL


TWO SHOT
OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT
POINT OF VIEW


MOVEMENTS
PAN= Panning is the horizontal movement or rotation of a video camera or the scanning horizontally on a display device.
CRAB =left to right or right to left and lens stays where it is as if staying passed it
TRACKING =when you follow something (a physical track is laid down where the camera person follows using the track i. e. used in car chases
ZOOMING =lens zoom in and the camera stays the same
PED =where the whole camera moves up or down however it stays at eye level Difference between hand held and steady cam Steady cam is when a camera is on a harness Hand held is literally of the tripod and filmed in your hand