shots

Extreme Long Shot
This shot is used to ‘set the scene’ of the action, it is usually of a landscape that the audience will see to understand what’s going to happen in the scene.

Long Shot
This shot is the ‘life-size’ version of an extreme long shot that the audience will see, it has to be a full shot of the human body and any surrounding landscape shown around the edge.

Mid- shot
This is usually used in dialogue scenes and shows the human from the waist up.

Close up shot
This shot is usually used to concentrate on a face showing very little background.

Extreme close up shot
This is similar to a close-up shot;however, it is one one element such as an eye. Wide shot
Places image in relation to its surroundings, to establish where for example the person is. Camera Angles:
Eye Level
This shot is the most commonly used in film making, it shows the object as the audience would in a real-life situation.

High Angle
This camera angle used is to look at the object from above, fundamentally showing their insignificance and less powerful. Low angle
This achieves the opposite, low camera angles shows the character or object looking more powerful or dominant.
Birds-eye view
This shows the scene from directly above, used for a dramatic perspective view as it is un-natural.