High angle A shot that is taken from above

Low angle A shot that is taken from below

Birds eye view Directly facing down

Pan Static camera movement from left-right. To photograph or televise while rotating a camera on its vertical or horizontal axis in order to keep a moving person or object in view or allow the film to record a panorama.

Tilt To cause to lean, incline, slope or slant, to move a camera up or down on its vertical axis for a photographing or televising a moving character, object or the like.

Track/dolly When the camera is mounted onto a camera dolly, a wheeled platform that is pushed on the rails whilst the picture/shot is being taken

Crane/mechanical shot

Achieved through a crane, gives you higher angles than a tripod could give.

Steadicam A lightweight mounting for a film camera which keeps it steady for filming or moving.

Zoom inRecede into a long shot using a zoom lens and while maintaining focus.

Zoom out/reverse zoom

Zooming out while maintaining focus.

Hand heldThe technique of shooting a scene without the use of an artificial mechanism for camera support. Holding a camera b hand or with a harness while

shooting

Deep focusDeep focus is a photographic and cinematographic technique using a large depth of field.

Shallow focus In shallow focus, one plane of the image is in focus while the rest is out of focus. Shallow focus is typically used to emphasize one part of the image over another.

Rule of thirds Applied by aligning a subject with the guide lines and their intersection points, placing the horizon on the top or bottom line, or allowing linear features in the image to flow from section to section.

Eyeline matchAn eyeline match is a film editing technique associated with the continuity editing system. It is based on the premise that the audience will want to see what the character on screen is seeing.

Long shotContains a large amount of landscape.

Close upTaken at a close range or with a long-focal length lens, on a relatively large scale. Also called close shot.

Pull focusA filming technique whereby the focal point is drawn towards the viewer; lso a shot (as part of an edit) in which such a technique is used.

Aerial shotAerial shots are usually done with a crane or with a camera attatched to a special helicopter to view large landscapes. A good area to do this shot would be a scene that takes place on a building

Medium Close up A human figure taken from chest up

Medium shot 1. In film, a medium shot is a camera angle shot from a mediumdistance. The dividing line between "long shot" and "medium shot" is fuzzy, as is the line between "medium shot" and "close-up".

2.

Establishing shot 1. It is generally a long- or extreme-long shot at the beginning of a scene indicating where, and sometimes when, the remainder of the scene takes place. Establishing shots were more common during the classical era of filmmaking than they

are now.2.

Point of view shot1. A point of

view shot (also known as POV shot or a subjective camera) is a short film scene that shows what a character (the subject) is looking at (represented through the camera).

2.

Extreme close up1. Extreme

Close Up ("ECU" or "XCU"): The shot is so tight that only a detail of the subject, such as someone's eyes, can be seen. Lean-In: when the juxtaposition of shots in a sequence, usually in a scene of dialogue, starts with medium or

long shots, for example, and ends withclose-ups.

2.

Over the shoulder shot

1. In film or video, an over the shoulder shot(also over shoulder, OS, OTS, or third-person shot) is a shot of someone or something taken from the perspective or camera angle from the shoulder of another person.

2.

Two shot

1. a cinema or television shot of two people together.

Canted frame type of camera shot where the camera is set at an angle on its roll axis so that the shot is composed with vertical lines at an angle to the side of the frame