FILM SHOTS:

- Composed of series of frames that are shot uninterrupted

• Types of Camera Shots:

  • Wide Shot - intended to the place

  • Long Shot- show the relationship of the character and the environment

  • Medium Shot (MS)- waist shot

  • Cowboy Shot (American Shot)- a bit larger than medium shot, mid-waist to right above their head.

  • Tight Close Up- actor’s face and shoulders

  • Detail Extreme Close Up (ECU)- only showing the eyes

  • Low - angle shot, camera looks up

  • High - camera looks down

  • Dutch- tilt

  • Over the Shoulders - placed above the back of the shoulder and head of the subject.

  • Cutaway- interruption of a continuously filmed action by inserting the view of something else.

  • Establishing shot- overview of a setting

Importance:

• Perspective

• Emotion

• Editing