SHOT TYPES AND ANGLES

The building blocks of cinematic language

 CAMERA ANGLE
Camera angle determines both audiences viewpoints, or how they see the
story. The physical amount of area covered in a shot.
Keeps audience interested. Dont jar the camera, keep it still.

Building blocks of cinema

Frame
Shot
Scene
Sequence
 4 TYPES OF FILM MAKING
Documentary recording of real events

Narrative storytelling

Instructional how to videos, to teach a subject. E.g., how to fix your

IPhone.

Experimental film for films sake.

 VOCAB
Aesthetics concerned with beauty/ appreciation of beauty.

Genre A category of artistic composition characterized by similarities in

form, style and subject matter.

Cinema the production of movies as an art or industry

ESTABLISHING SHOT

Shows the audience

where they are.
MS MEDIUM SHOT

Medium shots are used for dialogue

sequences, and they allow the viewer
to pick up on the character's
movements and gestures. Body
language is important to conveying
emotion
CU CLOSE UP

Shows more
emotion
because you
can see the
characters face
clearer.
ECU EXTREME CLOSE UP

Shows emotion,
makes audience
feel empathy for
character
MASTER SHOT

Shows everyone
in the scenes
reaction and
movement
 OSS OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT
(used often in a convo)
180 rule if you film over the left shoulder of someone then if you switch you
have to film over the right shoulder of the other person
Makes the audience feel like theyre
in the convo.
HIGH ANGLE SHOT

(looking down on subject)

Makes the character

look powerless and
weak
LOW ANGLE SHOT ( LOOKING UP)

Makes character
look powerful and
makes you
watching feel
intimidated.
POV POINT OF VIEW SHOT
Makes audiences feel like
they ARE the character
DUTCH ANGLE SLANTED, CREATES
UNEASINESS

slanted, creates
uneasiness
DOLLY ZOOM

Character is
realising something
big
 LONG TAKE

no cuts or edits in a long choreographed take.

LONG SHOT

Shows more of
what's happening in
the scene
EXTREME LONG SHOT

Shows the whole

scenery
TWO SHOT GROUP SHOT , ALL IN THE
SCREEN.

Shows that the characters are

connected and have a
relationship