Identifying Shots
Meaning of Shots
100
The angle in the shot below:
Toy Story 4 (2019)
What is a low angle?
100
Typically, the purpose of the shot type below:
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Beetlejuice (1988)
What is to emphasize the subject's emotions/facial expressions?
200
The type of shot below:
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022)
What is a medium shot?
200
Typically, the purpose of the shot type below:
Coco (2017)
What is to compare the subject with their environment?
300
The angle and shot composition below:
Spirited Away (2001)
What is a low-angle, wide shot?
300
Typically, the purpose of the shot type below:
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Psycho (1960)
What is dramatic emphasis?
400
The angle and shot composition below:
Knives Out (2019)
What is a high-angle, close-up shot?
400
Typically, the purpose of the shot type below:
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
What is to create tension?
500
The camera movement in this clip from Inception (2010).
What is a tilt?