For my a2 advanced portfolio, I thought it would be useful to look at Camera Shots, angles and movements in order to create a successful film trailer

1. Camera Shots, Angles
and Movements
Shania Steele
Information taken from http://www.mediacollege.com/video/shots/

3. Extreme Wide Shot
 The subject of the shot isn’t visible. Often used as an establishing shot.

4. Very Wide Shot
 The subject is just about visible. The shot is still about the environment the subject is in.

5. Wide Shot
 The subject takes up the whole or majority of the frame.

6. Mid Shot
 Shows the subject in more detail but still gives the impression of the whole subject.

7. Medium Close Up
 This shot is the halfway point between a Mid Shot and a close up.

8. Close Up
 The whole frame is taken up by a feature of the subject.

9. Extreme Close Up
 Shows extreme detail of the feature of the subject.

10. Cut-In
 Shows some (other) part of the subject in detail.

11. Cutaway
 A shot of something other than the subject.

12. Two-Shot
 A shot of two people in a similar position to a mid shot.

13. Over-The-Shoulder Shot
 This shot is looking from behind at a person.

14. Point-of-View Shot
 This shot is shown from the subject’s perspective.

15. Weather Shot
 The subject in this shot is the weather. It can also be used to back up text in films/trailers.

17. Eye-Level
 This is the most common view, being the real-world angle that we are all used to. It shows
subjects as we would expect to see them in real life.

18. High Angle
 A high angle shows the subject from above. This has the effect of diminishing the subject,
making them appear less powerful or have less authority.

19. Low Angle
 This shows the subject from below. This make the subject seem powerful and authoritive.

20. Bird’s Eye
The scene is shot from directly above. This
is an unnatural point of view which can be
sued for dramatic effect or for showing a
different spatial perspective.

21. Slanted
The camera is purposely tilted to one side so the
horizon is on an angle.

23. Arc Shot
The camera moves around the subject.

24. Crabbing Shot
This is a less common version of tracking, trucking
and/or dollying. These terms are more or less
interchangeable, although dollying tends to mean
in-and-out movement whereas the others tend to
mean side-to-side movement at a constant
distance from the action.

25. Dolly Shot
A dolly is a cart which travels along tracks. The
camera is mounted on the dolly and records the
shot as it moves.
Dollying is often defined as moving closer to or
further away from the action.

26. Follow Shot
The camera follows the subject or action.

27. Pan
This shot is a horizontal camera movement in
which the camera moves left and right about a
central axis.

28. Camera Tilt
This is a vertical camera movement in which
the camera points up or down from a
stationary location.

29. Tracking
This is a shot mounted on a cart which travels along
tracks. This is different than a dolly shot because
tracking is often more narrowly defined as
movement parallel to the action or at constant
distance.

30. Trucking Shot
This is basically the same as tracking or
dollying. It generally refers to side-to-side
camera movement with respect to the
action.
It is not used as often in comparison to
dollying or tracking.

31. Zoom Shot
Zooming means altering the focal length of the
lens to give the illusion of moving closer or
further away from the action.
This is technically not a camera movement shot
as the camera does not move.