| A | B |
|---|
| video equivalent of a word | a camera shot |
| “garden hose” approach | stand in one spot with tape running |
| Long Shot ( LS ) | a wide field of view of your subject and its surroundings |
| Medium Shot ( MS ) | more of your subject while still revealing some of the background |
| Closeup Shot ( CU ) | focuses your viewer’s attention on specific details |
| Extreme Closeup Shot ( XCU ) | a portion of your subject |
| The Rule of Thirds | tic-tac-toe board overlaying |
| Headroom | space between the top of a person’s head and the top of your |
| Lead space | space in front of your subject |
| A pan | horizontal pivoting of the camera from a fixed point |
| A tilt | pivot your camera up or down from a fixed position |
| Tracking | some sort of wheeled camera support for smooth camera |
| Eye level | the subject and the camera are at the same level |
| high angle shot | raised to a position higher than the subject |
| low angle shot | the camera is lowered to a position below the height of the subject |
| point of view | the position of the eyes of |
