An extreme long shot shows a wide landscape or building from far away. A long shot shows a character at a distance within their surroundings. A medium shot shows a character from the waist up, allowing viewers to see their reaction while also showing the background. A close up focuses on a character's head and shoulders with little background detail. An extreme close up zooms in on important details, objects, or gestures. A high angle shot makes a character seem watched from above or alone. A low angle shot makes a character seem larger or dominant by looking up at them.

1. Shot Types
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2. Extreme Long Shot
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3. A Extreme long shot is used for views of landscapes or buildings. It might also be point
of view of character looking over vista.
A panoramic shot of the setting which the tale will unfold.
Extreme Long Shot

4. Long Shot
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5. A long shot shows character at some distance. The character will be dominated by
their surroundings.
This is the shot that could be used to show a character walking in a lonely spot. His
figure would be indistinct and the surroundings might appear to dominate them.
Long Shot

6. Medium Shot
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7. A medium shot show character waist upwards. The audience will be able to see his
and her reaction but the background is also important, usually its of people having
a conversation.
This shot would work well for sowing a character in a setting – close enough to
register his/her expression but clearly showing the environment around them.
Medium Shot

8. A close up
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9. A close up is a shot of person head and shoulders. Not much, if any, background detail
appears in frame. This shot is uses to catch a characters emotional response to
something or show him or her in thought.
A shot showing a character experiencing a strong emotions.
A close up

10. A extreme Close up
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11. A extreme close up is used to show important detail, object or gesture or moment of
contact between people.
A shot of communicating very detailed information such as when a character handles
small proper and dominates a frame.
A Extreme close up

12. High Angle Shot
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13. A high angle shot is used communicate the idea that someone is being watched from
above or alone. It usually ( but not always) makes character seem less important.
This shot would suit the moment when a character is observed from above by another
character of entity.
High Angle Shot

14. Low Angle Shot
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15. Make someone seem larger than life or dominant, or to suggest we are seeing
someone through the eyes of someone seated or small – a child looking up to an
adult.
This might be the sort of shot to use to show the point of view of a seated character
looking up to someone who standing.
Low Angle Shot