🎥 NAME THAT SHOT
This shot frames a subject from approximately the waist up.
What is a Medium Shot?
Your subject is framed from the chest or shoulders to the top of the head.
What is a Medium Close-Up?
The camera is positioned at approximately the same height as the subject's eyes.
What is an Eye-Level Shot?
You want the audience to clearly see a character's emotional reaction. This is usually the best shot to use
What is a Close-Up?
Two students are talking, and you want both students visible in the same frame
What is a Two-Shot?
This shot fills the frame with a person's face to emphasize emotion.
What is a Close-Up?
Your subject is framed from approximately the knees up.
What is a Medium Full Shot / Cowboy Shot?
The camera looks down at the subject from above.
What is a High-Angle Shot?
You are beginning a scene at a football stadium and want viewers to immediately understand where the action takes place.
What is an Establishing Shot?
A student reaches for a door handle. You cut to a tight shot showing only the hand turning the handle.
What is an Insert / Close-Up Shot?
This shot shows the entire person from head to toe.
What is a Full Shot?
You can see the subject's entire body while still keeping the person important within the frame.
What is a Full Shot?
The camera looks upward at the subject, often making the person appear powerful or intimidating.
What is a Low-Angle Shot?
You want a character to appear weak, vulnerable, or less powerful. This camera angle can help create that effect.
What is a High Angle?
You want to show a student walking into the classroom, where the student is going, and the classroom around them.
What is a Wide Shot?
This shot focuses on a very small detail, such as a person's eyes or a finger pressing a button.
What is an Extreme Close-Up?
Only a character's eyes fill most of the screen.
What is an Extreme Close-Up?
The camera is intentionally tilted so the horizon appears diagonal.
What is a Dutch Angle?
During a conversation, you want to see part of one person's head and shoulder while focusing on the other speaker.
What is an Over-the-Shoulder Shot?
You film a student opening a locker using a wide shot, then a medium shot, and finally a close-up of the lock. This coverage technique uses these three basic shot sizes.
What is Wide–Medium–Close-Up coverage?
This shot captures a large area and often makes the subject appear small compared with the surroundings.
What is an Extreme Wide Shot?
The character is visible, but the environment dominates the composition and gives the audience information about the location.
What is a Wide Shot?
The camera is positioned directly above the action and points straight down.
What is an Overhead / Bird's-Eye Shot?
You want the audience to experience a scene as though they are seeing exactly what the character sees.
What is a Point-of-View (POV) Shot?
You need to film someone picking up a phone so the editor can smoothly build the action. Name three shots you could record.
What are a Wide Shot, Medium Shot, and Close-Up/Insert Shot?