Shot Types
This shot establishes the scene by showing a lot of setting.
Wide Shot
Placing the eyes of a subject on the top third line of the grid.
Eyes on Third
This common angle is used most often in the news room.
Eye Level
Supportive video clips used to show action.
B-Roll
The light placed behind a subject to create separation from the background.
Back/Rim
Using this type of shot might reveal emotion or detail.
Close Up/Tight Shot
When recording an interview, camera operators should leave some of this in front of the subject's nose.
Talking Space/Nose Room
The movement of a camera on a tripod to the left or right.
Pan
Local information and events are newsworthy because they affect the people in our community and region.
Proximity
The amount of light that enters the lens of a camera can make your image very bright or very dark.
Exposure
Show a little less setting and little more detail. Waist up.
Medium Shot
The action from one shot lines up with the action in the following shot.
Continuity
This angle provides the viewer with a first person experience.
Point of View
Unusual stories about people who accomplish amazing feats or handle a life crisis.
Human Interest
This is used to turn a hard light into a soft light.
Diffusion
Another name for a Wide Shot but not Establishing.
Long Shot
Cutting from a medium shot to another medium shot of the same action can cause this issue.
Jump Cut
Moving a camera along a track forward and backward.
Dolly
Audio recorded from an interview used to guide a news story.
Sound Bite
3200 Kelvin
Tungsten
This type of shot can save your sequence when action doesn't line up.
Cutaway
Placing the important part of a shot along the grid lines, preferably the intersections.
Rule of Thirds
Moving the camera up and down without changing its vertical or horizontal axis
Pedestal
The central idea of a news story typically written as one sentence.
Focus Statement
Low Key