Camera Shot Sizes and Framing Flashcards
is composed of a series of frames that are shot uninterrupted from the moment the camera starts rolling until it stops
camera shots
Types of Camera Shots Sizes
Extreme Wide Shot (ELS) Long Shot (LS) / Wide Shot (WS) Full Shot (FS) Medium Long Shot (MLS) / Medium Wide Shot (MWS) Cowboy Shot/Medium Shot (MS) Medium Close Up (MCU) Close Up (CU) Extreme Close Up (ECU) Establishing Shot
Makes your subject appear small against their location. You can use an _ _ _ to make your subject feel distant or unfamiliar.
It can also make your subject feel overwhelmed by its location
Extreme Long Shot (ELS) or Extreme Wide Shot (EWS)
If your subject is a person then his or her whole body will be in view — but not filling the shot. Same idea as ELS or EWS but closer.
Long Shot or Wide Shot
let your subject fill the frame while keeping emphasis on scenery
Full Shot
frames the subject from roughly the knees up. It splits the difference between a full shot and a medium shot
Medium Wide Shot
frames the subject from roughly mid-thighs up. used in Westerns to frame a gunslinger’s gun or holster on his hip
Cowboy Shot
one of the most common camera shots. frames from roughly the waist up and through the torso. emphasizes more of your subject while keeping their surroundings visible.
Medium Shot
frames your subject from roughly the chest up
Medium Close Up Shot
reveal a subject’s emotions and reactions. fills your frame with a part of your subject. t is often their face.
Close Up
most you can fill a frame with your subject. often shows eyes, mouth and gun triggers. often shows eyes, mouth and gun triggers.
Extreme Close Up
a shot at the head of a scene that clearly shows us the location of the action. a shot at the head of a scene that clearly shows us the location of the action.
Establishing Shot
is the placement and position of the subjects in your shots.
Camera Framing
Considerations when camera framing a shot
Size, relationships, balance
Frame shots
Single Shot Two Shot Three Shot Over-the-Shoulder Shot (OTS) Over-the-Hip Shot Point-of-View Shot (POV) Insert Shot
captures one subject
Single Shot
that technically has more than one person in the frame, but the character in the foreground isn’t featured.
Dirty Single
is a camera shot with 2 characters featured in the frame
Two Shot or 2-Shot
is a camera shot with 3 characters featured in the frame.
Three Shot or 3-Shot
hows your subject from behind the shoulder of another character. Because it emulates perspective, it’s common in conversation scenes.
Over-The-Shoulder Shot (OTS)
is similar to over-the-shoulder in that the camera is placed with a character’s hip in the foreground, and the focus subject in the plane of acceptable focus.
Over-The-Hip Shot (OTH)
is a camera shot that shows the view from a character or an inanimate object, like a bullet whizzing through the air or a bowling ball rolling down the lane.
Point of View Shot (POV)
can have many functions and often becomes the key shot in directing an audience’s attention. If we see a character look at something, the subsequent insert shot shows us what they see. They can also be used to show the audience a detail that goes unnoticed by the characters, leading to dramatic irony.
Insert Shot
