Types of Camera Shots

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Across
  1. 2. Any shot that is taken from the perspective of a character in a film; We, as the audience, see what he sees. AKA the eye-line shot.
  2. 6. A shot that includes the subject’s entire body and excludes almost everything else from the frame.
  3. 11. The camera is carried, approximating the actual jerky movement of human progression, by the camera operator; this shot suggests the subjective perspective of the individual.
  4. 12. Shot from above, usually made from a plane, helicopter, or crane.
  5. 13. A panning shot that moves from one scene to another so quickly that the intervening content is blurred.
  6. 14. A shot made by turning the camera up and down; It is, in effect, a panning shot which moves vertically.
  7. 15. Any pivotal movement of the camera around an imaginary vertical axis running through it; from “panorama.” Most commonly occur in a left-to-right movement.
  8. 16. A shot made with a variable-focus lens (one capable of focal lengths ranging from a wide angle to telephoto), often used to create optical motion without tracking the camera.
  9. 18. A shot which is taken in an upward direction, often with the camera mounted lower than four feet from the floor.
  10. 21. A shot which presents the figure from the knees up (or sometimes from the waist up) This is a commonly used shot which is often employed to show action.
  11. 22. A shot which shows only the heads and shoulders of the figures.
  12. 24. A shot that includes the whole figures of its subject and also includes a great deal of background.
  13. 25. a shot taken from a mobile crane device.
Down
  1. 1. A shot taken at a 180° angle from the preceding shot period two-party dialogue sequences are usually constructed of alternating reverse-angle shots.
  2. 3. A close-up shot which is more selective in which focuses on a nose, smile, etc. It is often used for symbolic purposes.
  3. 4. A shot, usually a long shot, that orients the audience in a film narrative providing visual information (such as location) for the scene that follows.
  4. 5. A shot that cuts away from the central action to show a character's reaction to it. A reaction shot maybe a close up to catch a look of surprise or fear, or a medium shot to show a person's body language.
  5. 7. A shot made from a considerable distance, sometimes as far as 1/4 of a mile. It provides a panoramic view of a location without camera movement.
  6. 8. The camera is at eye-level and on the same plane as the subject.
  7. 9. The central frame seems unbalanced in relation to space and action it is often used to suggest a subjective viewpoint, such as that of a person who is drunk, or to suggest a symbolic imbalance
  8. 10. A shot that uses miniatures instead of real locations, especially useful in disaster or science fiction films.
  9. 17. A single continuous shot made with a moving camera.
  10. 19. A shot taken from above the object which subordinates its significance.
  11. 20. A shot that is borrowed from a collection of standard, often-used shots, such as one of World War II combat or street crowds in New York City.
  12. 23. The camera circles around an individual or a group of people; faster motion would suggest panic or confusion while slower motion would suggest the encouragement of listening.