1. Assignment 4- Camera
shots, camera angles, movement
and composition
Level Yellow
Amy Cleary

2. Part A- Camera Shots
• Establishing shot
• Wide shot
• Long shot
• Mid/medium shot
• Close up shot
• Extreme close up shot
• Over the shoulder shot
• Two shot
• POV(point of view)

3. Part B: Camera Angles
• Low
• High
• Canted/oblique

4. Part C- Camera Movement
• Pan
• Tilt
• Track
• Zoom/reverse zoom
• Dolly

5. Part D: Composition
• Balance
• Depth of field
• Shallow focus
• Deep focus
• Symmetry(symmetric balance)
• Asymmetry( asymmetric balance)

6. Part A-Camera shots
• Establishing shot-It establishes the setting of the scene, it is
usually used in the beginning of a programme such as
Eastenders.

7. Long shot
• A long shot is assembling a characters whole frame or body.

8. Wide shot
• It is a shot from a distance so you can see nearly all of the
people in the scene, usually used when a family is a the table.

9. Mid/medium shot
• These are used to show from the characters or subjects torso
upwards to get a close up. Such as a muscly man upwards.

10. Close up shot
• Close up shots are used to show the characters emotions or
feelings in more depth. It is used on a subject to show the
importance.

11. Extreme close up
• This is the same as close up but with more detail, also to show
the importance of emotions.

12. Over the shoulder
• Over the shoulder shots are used to show dominance of the
character who is facing the subject. The character facing the
audience is inferior.

13. Two shot
• A two shot is a scene where two characters are
communicating or interacting usually showing some sort of
relationship whether its partners, friends or family.

14. POV (point of view)
• Showing from a characters perspective where the audience
are aware the camera would be the characters eyes.

15. Part B-Camera Angles
• High shot-Taken from high above to look down upon the
character and to show innocence or vulnerability.

16. Low Shot
• Taken from a low angle that looks up at the character to show
power and dominance.

17. Canted/Oblique
• It is a shot that appears to be tilted to disorientate the
audience.

18. Part C-Camera Movement
• Pan-The camera pivots left to right and vice versa to show fast
pacing scenes and running. It could also be used to show a
scene that can’t fit in one shot or frame.

19. Tilt
• When the camera moves up and down to show more detail of
an object. If a hot guy stepped out a car and the camera
would go from his shoes all the way up to show his outfit.

20. Track
• Similar to pan but the camera is on a track so there is constant
smooth movement such as action films the camera follows
the car.

21. Zoom
• When the camera zooms in on a significant moment to show
details of how the character is feeling.

22. Reverse zoom
• When the camera zooms out away from the object to reveal
the setting and people around them.

23. Dolly
• When the camera moves in a out and backwards and
forwards on a tripod.

24. Part D- Composition
• Balance-Arranging a particular scene so it is even on both
sides and nothing or nobody over powers. The ying yang
symbol is a perfect example of symmetry.

25. Depth of field
• Is distance of what is in focus and the nearest and farthest
objects in a scene.

26. Shallow Focus
• Where the camera is concentrating on one focus of an object
where the rest is out of focus.
The apple sign has taken
most of the focus and the
rest is blurred.

27. Deep focus
• Where the entire image is in focus, meaning the
foreground, middle ground and background are all involved.

28. Symmetry (symmetric balance)
• Where the shot is completely equal on both sides, used to
show organisation.

29. Asymmetry (asymmetric balance)
• Where the shot is completely unequal on both sides to
represent chaos and disorder.

30. Rule of thirds
• The rule states that the image should be divided into nine
equal parts, two equally-spaced horizontal and vertical lines.