Camera Movement / Angles / Shot Cheat Sheet

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Across
  1. 3. A wide shot shows off where we are in the background and how the characters' relationship with the environment.
  2. 6. When the camera is not at the eye level but just a bit lower at the shoulder
  3. 7. shot When a camera is looking down at a object or a person
  4. 8. A rotational camera movement, rotates along the axis on the side
  5. 10. When the camera is at the character eye level, when the camera is looking into the eyes of object
  6. 12. When the camera is right next to the hip like to show a cowboy feel
  7. 15. Normally the first shot in a movie view showing off where we are and what's happening ,normally it will be a wide shot ,it can also be used to make a transition (just showing the background)
  8. 17. Following a object or person throughout the scene while they are moving
  9. 19. Zooming in in a rapid rate,simulates camera moving towards the object or person
  10. 22. A horizontal camera movement which the camera moves the to left or right while the base remains in a fixed location
  11. 23. out Opposite of pull in you move the camera farther from the character or object
  12. 24. angle shot When a camera is looking up at a object or a person
  13. 27. Showing off a characters full body or and objects full body ,head to toe
  14. 29. When we are over head of characters like a bird
  15. 30. Camera moves up and down physically and a lot of times
Down
  1. 1. When the camera is perfectly placed where we can see over the shoulder
  2. 2. When the camera is right next to the knee to give a low angle effect
  3. 4. Mainly to show off just the head and the neck
  4. 5. When the camera orbits around the object or person in a scene ,normally 360
  5. 9. pan Camera movement which whips the camera back and forth on the x-axis making a blur effect
  6. 11. The camera will tilt up and down on the y axis
  7. 13. This shot is to show a very very close shot of a person or an object “the thinking “ momen
  8. 14. A shot with no camera movement at all
  9. 16. The camera rotates at an angle
  10. 18. When the camera is at the ground to show a powerful walk
  11. 20. Is used to bring you the viewer almost in the movie
  12. 21. Like establishing shot it shows us where we are
  13. 25. in Is to physically push the camera closer to the character
  14. 26. Adjusting the camera focal length
  15. 28. Shot Just below the waist to show off the upper body and to show off guns on the waist