Shot types
Establishing shot - Establishes where and sometimes when the text is set. Often the first shot that is seen.
Helicopter shot - Arial shot taken from above in a helicopter. High production value (budget).
Master Shot - Establishes the limit of where the action is going to take place. Can also show relationships between characters.
Long Shot - Showing a person from head to toe. Can give us an idea of appearance, body language and the character's relation with the location.
Medium Shot - View of a person from the waist up. Often used when there are more than one person in the shot - shows the relationship between them.
Close Up - Shot of the face. Can show emotion or reaction.
Extreme Close Up - Focusses on an action (the character doing something - usually important) brings the audiences attention to what the producer wants us to see.
Camera Movement
Pan - Shows everything (often location/people) and avoids having to zoom out so far that everything becomes small.
Tilt - Horizontal pan. Usually used to scan the body of a usually attractive female - supports the tradition that media is created by men for men (male gaze).
Dolly - Placing the camera on a track so the camera can smoothly move horizontally. Helps us make the connection with something outside of the original shot.
Steady Cam - The camera is moving and tracking with something (the viewers eyes). It is balanced and takes out camera shakes and movements.
Camera Angles
High Angle - Looks down on something. Gives the impression of vulnerability, weakness and insignificance.
Low Angle - Looks up on something. Gives the impression of power and strength. Good for point of view shots so you can shoot small objects on their level.
Cantered angle - Camera isn't straight it is on a diagonal.
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