| A | B |
| Shot | A shot is a continuously captured video segment |
| Reaction Shot | A close shot of a person (or persons) reacting to something that is said or done off screen or in a previous shot |
| Split Screen | shows two separate things( shots) at the same time that are somehow connected |
| Dutch Angle | a camera shot in which the camera angle is deliberately slanted to one side. This can be used for dramatic effect and helps portray unease, disorientation, frantic or desperate action, intoxication, madness, etc |
| High Angle | infer that the subject is powerless |
| Low Angle | makes the subject appear tall, powerful, commanding, or strong |
| Extreme Long Shot | Panoramic shot of scene; can convey sense of isolation by setting small human in a big landscape |
| Point of View | Taken as if from the view of the character -as if what they are seeing from their eyes. Also called a subjective camera shot, in which the lens of the camera becomes the "eyes of someone or something in the film |
| Rule of thirds | allows the user to imagine a tic-tac-toe on the viewfinder to help in composing a shot |
| Cutaway | A shot of something other than the subject. |
| Crossing the Line | t refers to an imaginary line which cuts through the middle of the scene, from side to side with respect to the camera. Crossing the line changes the viewer's perspective in such as way that it causes disorientation and confusion. |
| 180 Degree Rule | The rule of line-crossing is sometimes called the 180° rule. This refers to keeping the camera position within a field of 180°. |