Camera Shots
Camera Angle
Camera Movement
Camera Framing
Video Production
100
This shot frames the subject from around the waist up.
What is a Medium Shot?
100
This standard angle is shot at the same level as the subject's face, creating a sense of neutrality and direct connection with the audience.
What is an eye-level shot?
100
Used to have the camera look up and down.
What is a tilt?
100
When only one person is in the frame.
What is a one-shot?
100
Often referred to as the "totality" of a shot, this French term literally translates to "placing on stage."
What is mise-en-scene?
200
This shot fills the frame with the subject's face, capturing the subject from the shoulders up.
What is a Close-Up?
200
Positioned above the subject and looking down, this angle is often used to make a character appear small, weak, or vulnerable.
What is a high-angle shot?
200
Used to have the camera look left and right.
What is a pan?
200
When 4 people are in the frame.
What is a four-shot?
200
A series of shots strung together to tell part of a story in a condensed time.
What is a montage?
300
This shot frames the subject around the mid-chest and up, now putting more emphasis on the face.
What is a medium close-up?
300
By placing the camera below the subject’s eye line and tilting upward, filmmakers use this angle to make a character appear heroic, intimidating, or larger-than-life.
What is a low-angle shot?
300
Used to move the camera forward or backwards.
What is a dolly?
300
When the camera's shot is framed over another person.
What is an over-the-shoulder shot?
300
These simple, natural, or man-made objects help draw our eyes to the subject of the camera shot.
What are leading lines?
400
This shot frames the subject entirely within the frame, leaving space above and below.
This shot also gives a better sense of the setting.
What is a long shot?
400
What is a low-angle shot?
400
Used to move the camera up and down?
What is a pedestal?
400
A close-up of an object.
What is an insert shot?
400
Commonly uses a tic-tac-toe board for the camera composition.
What is the rule of thirds?
500
A slight variation from the medium-long shot that frames the subject from around the mid-thighs up.
What is a cowboy shot?
500
Camera angles can help enhance the ________ that the director is trying to convey.
What is emotion?
500
This camera movement causes the camera to make a 360.
What is a roll?
500
The framing that would be used if you're looking through binoculars?
What is a point-of-view shot?
500
The school's hallways are good photo/video examples of this composition technique.
What are leading lines?