camera angle shots

examples of camera shots.

over the shoulder shot - this is used in the first video at 0:05, this shot is usually used for a clip when
a conversation is happening, the shot helps establish the positon of each person from the other
persons point of view.











High angle shot - used at 0:11 this shot is used to make the person in the clip seem smaller and not as important,  as if someone is overpowering over them.



low angle shot - this shot is used to make somone appear a lot bigger than they are, and to make them seem intimidating and important.



tracking shot - this is a camera movement where the camera moves in a particular direction e.g. up / down or left / right. seen in the second video at 0:30.



tilt shot - this shot only goes up or down, used in the video at 0:32.

zoom - this shot is used in films, its used to get closer or further away from a character, shown in the video at 0:40.

Arc shot - this is used like a tracking shot except the shot almost goes into a semi circle and bends so you can see whats in the scene from both sides. shown in the video at 0:47.

crane shot - this shot is used to show the camera floating up into the air like its on a crane, this shot is usually achieved when the camera is put onto a remote control copters or something similar and then the camera men can control where they go. seen in the clip at 0:49.

panning shot - the camera is stationary but is spinning from left to right. seen in the clip at 0:51.

extreme long shot - this shot is exactly what is on the name, its a shot of something very far away, to give the audience a sense of scenery and it creates atmosphere.

long shot - this shot is similar to the extreme long shot but its not as long, its like looking at the house across the road or across a small car park etc.

mid shot - typically this is a shot of the middle of the subject, in the clip it is the middle of a persons body, head to torso area. 0:35

two people shot - this shot is one in which two people can fit into the camera frame, instead of the over the shoulder shot where you cant see both faces.  0:37

close up - not to different to a mid shot but closer in, as oppose to chest to head it would be shoulders to head. 0:40

extreme close up - even closer than a close up, in the video it focuses on small details like the persons glasses 0:45.