Camera angles/shots vocab

camera angles/shots

los planos

knee

la rodilla

face

el rostro

close

cercano

outside

fuera

to focus on

enfocarse en

long/wide shot

plano general

to place the viewer in location and so that they know where we are and which characters intervene in the scene

american/three quarter shot

plano americano

it is a shot in which the characters are framed above the knee

mid shot

plano medio

it is usually used for dialogues between two characters and it is clearly seen where we are located (the stage) while the action takes place

close-up

primer plano

the nearest, with which you see closely the faces and emotions of the characters

detail shot

plano detalle

it encompasses a specific object or specific part of a subject (e.g., an eye, a hand)

interior shot

plano interior

the action takes place inside a house or inside a building (restaurant, church, museum, office)

exterior shot

plano exterior

the action is filmed from outside, on the street

camera angles - birds eye shot

cenital

camera angles

picado

camera angles

normal

camera angles

contrapicado

worm’s eye shot

nadir