Camera shots
Over the shoulder shot
This camera shots draws you into the action and
conversation and makes the audience feel a part of it.
High angle shot
This camera shot gives the audience a sense of the
characters vulnerability, and it makes the character look smaller to show this,
and the character is looked down upon.
Low angle shot
The shot increase the height of the character or object
to make them look more powerful. The lower angle shot show the audience’s vulnerability.The background will usually be of the sky or ceiling,
this lack of background put more of the attention onto the character.
Camera movements
Tracking shot
A tracking shot is when a camera is mounted on a wheeled
platform pushed on the rails, it’s also known as a dolly shot. It moves
backwards and forwards and zooms in and out which draws the audience into the
action.
Crab shot
Follow the movement it can be close up or further away,
so the audience keeps up with the pace of the action.
Zooming
Zooming means altering the
focal length of the lens to give the illusion of moving closer to or further
away from the action. This is also the
alternative of a tracking shot.
Action shot
Allows you to see 360 or 180 degrees of the action, it
allows the audience to see the reaction of the character from all different
angles within 360 degrees, this would increase the intensity of the audience
towards the character
Tilt
shot
The tilt shot is a upwards
shot of the object/character to create a sense of power or vulnerable and right
or wrong, this could make the audience feel powerful or vulnerable. 
Panning shot
A pan shot is a horizontal camera movement in which the
camera moves from left and right from a central axis, which makes the movement
of the camera look quicker.
Crane shot
The crane enables the
filmmaker to over the camera through the air in virtually any direction. Crane
shots are often long and take it from extreme close up to extreme long shot.
The reason why the director would use a Crane shots if because they are often of practical use to the filmmaker
when a scene demands a shot that a normal camera a person cannot take, so would
be the best option if you want to get the best shot person cannot take.
Steadicam shot
This type of movement shot is used for motion tracking
shots. A film maker can adjust the amount to which the camera persons movement
is isolated from the camera. The has a good effect as it allows the audience to
keep with the motion from close up.
Shot types
Extreme long shot/establishing shot
This is a view from far away
and everything is classed as tiny this make the character only just visible, it
makes the audience see the setting that the character is in. it is hard to see
and understand how the character fits into the setting.
Mid shot
The mid shot normal follows
the long shot, it is normal at the waist, which enables the audience to come to
terms with the character and more familiar with the features, at this point the
audience and see the characters facial expressions.
Long shot
You can normal see the whole
length of the person so begin to see the setting the character is in and
understand it and why they are there.
Close up
The camera is focusing in on
a certain object or on someone’s facial expression; this could have a good or
bad effect on the audience. For example if it was a horror it would make the
audience worried, due to the character facial expression.
Extreme close up
The extreme focus, is
specifically set on one thing, so would be the main focus the audience would
focus on.
Point of view
Show you the perspective
from the character, so the audience experiences what the character is. This
shot is typically used so that the audience can engage with the film, setting
and character.
Bird’s eye view
Bird’s eye view shows a
summary of a scene, this is taken at a high level, it is a good way to show an
overall perspective of a scene, it is typically used in action films when a
location is introduced 
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