| A | B |
|---|
| shot | a continuous piece of video or film footage; basically everything you get between pressing "record" and "stop" |
| extreme wide shot (EWS) | the view is so far from the subject that he/she/it isn't even visible. Often used as an establishing shot,  |
| very wide shot (VWS) | the subject is barely visible, but the emphasis is still on placing them in their environment,  |
| wide shot (WS) | the subject takes up full frame; or at least as much as comfortably possible,  |
| midshot (MS) | shows some part of the subject in more detail while still giving an impression of the whole subject,  |
| mid-closeup (MCU) | halfway between a mid-shot and a closeup |
| closeup (CU) | a certain feature or part of the subject takes up the whole frame,  |
| extreme closeup | gets right in and shoes extreme detail,  |
| cut-in | shows some other part of the subject in detail,  |
| cut-away | a shot of something other than the subject |
| two-shot (TS) | a shot of two people, framed similarly to a MS,  |
| over-the-shoulder shot (OSS) | looking from behind a person, over their shoulder, at the subject,  |
| noddy shot (NS) | usually refers to a shot of the interviewer listening and reacting to the subject,  |
| point-of-view shot (POV) | shows view from the subjects perspective,  |
| weather shot | the subject is the weather,  |
