| A | B |
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| extreme wide shot | The view is so far from the subject that he isn't even visible. |
| zoom lenses | contains a mechanism that changes the magnification of an image. |
| very wide shot | The subject is barely visible, but the emphasis is still on placing him in his environment. |
| extreme close up | Gets right in and shows extreme detail. |
| medium close up | Half way between a Mid Shot and Close Up. |
| Close up | A certain feature or part of the subject takes up the whole frame. |
| mid shot | Shows some part of the subject in more detail while still giving an impression of the whole subject. |
| medium close up | Half way between a mid shot and a close up |
| close up | a certain feature or part of the subject taxes up the whole frame |
| extreme long shot | generally used as a scene-setting establishing shot. Normally shows an EXTERIOR, e.g. the outside of a building, or a landscape, and is often used to show scenes of thrilling action eg in a war film or disaster movie. There will be very little detail visible in the shot, it's meant to give a general impression rather than specific. |
| cut-in | shows some (other) part of the subject in detail |
| cutaway | a shot of something other than the subject |
| two-shot | a shot of two people, framed similarily to a mid shot |
| over-the-shoulder shot | looking from behind a person at the subject |
| noddy shot | usually refers to a shit of the interviewer listening and reacting to the subject |
| point-of-view shot | shows a view from the subject's perspetive |
| weather shot | the subject is the weather. Can be used for other purposes, e.g. background for graphics. |
| eye level | shows subjects as we would expect to see them in real life (fairly neutral shot). |
| high angle | shows the subject from above, i.e. the camera is angled down towards the subject. This has the effect of diminishing the subject, making them appear less powerful, less significant or even submissive. |
| low angle | shows the subject from below, giving them the impression of being more powerful or dominant. |
| bird's eye | the scene is shown from directly above. This is a completely different and somewhat unnatural point of view which can be used for dramatic effect or for showing a different spatial perspective. |
| slanted | (also known as a dutch tilt) this is were the camera is purposefully tilted to one side so the horizon is on an angle. This creates an interesting and dramatic effect. |
| long shot | shows the image as aproximately "life" size i.e. corresponding to the real distance between the audience and the screen in a cinema. |
| oblique/canted angle | used to suggest POINT-OF-VIEW shots ( i.e. when the camera becomes the 'eyes' of one particular character, seeing what they see - a hand held camera is often used for this. |
| pans | a movement which scans a scene horizontally. |
| tilts | a movement which scans a scene vertically, otherwise similar to a pan. |
| dolly shots | the camera is placed on a moving vehicle and moves alongside the action, generally following a moving figure or object. |
| hand-held shots | denote a certain kind of gritty realism, and they can make the audience feel as though they are part of a scene, rather than viewing it from a detached, frozen position. |
| crane shots | a crane (or jib), is a large, heavy piece of equipment, but is a useful way of moving a camera- it can move up, down, left, right, swooping in on action or moving diagonally out of it. |
| wide shot | The subject takes up the full frame, or at least as much as comfortably visible. A.K.A. full shot |
