A | B |
PAN | horizontal camera movement,  |
TILT | vertical angled camera movement,  |
CANT | sideways tilt of camera to the left or right,  |
PEDESTAL | level elevation of the camera up or down,  |
DOLLY | moving camera closer or further from subject via walking or rolling camera on wheels,  |
TRUCK/TRACK | To move camera laterally to action via a track or vehicle,  |
ARC | rolling or physically moving camera in 90 degree angle from left to right or vice versa,  |
CRANE/BOOM | to mount camera on a crane arm up or down,  |
TONGUE | to mount camera on a crane arm left or right,  |
ZOOM | to digitally (not physically) get closer or further away from subject |
EWS | Extreme Wide Shot - No visible subject/person,  |
VWS | Very Wide Shot - subject seen but surroundings are the focus,  |
WS | Wide Shot - Subject fills the frame in full body shot,  |
MS | Mid Shot - waist up shot of subject,  |
MCU | Medium Close Up - chest up shot of subject,  |
CU | Close Up - full face shot of subject,  |
ECU | Extreme Close Up - focus on specific part of face of subject (eyes, ears, nose...) |
CA | Cut Away - shot of something other than subject of the scene,  |
CI | Cut-In - close up shot of part of subject's body other than face (hands, feet...),  |
2 Shot | midshot of 2 people in the frame,  |
Noddy Shot | no speaking reaction to someone else talking; aka person nodding,  |
POV | Point of View Shot - what the character is seeing; camera is their eyes,  |
Weather S | Weather Shot - where focus is on sky or weather and not person/character,  |