Camera shots Flashcards
Aerial Shot
An Aerial Shot is a shot taken from far up.
Arc Shot
An arc shot is a shot that is moving in a 360 motion.
Bridging Shot
A bridging shot is a shot where the film is divided into different sections.
Close Up
Close Ups shots are shots that are taken in a close range.
Medium Shot
A medium shot is a shot that is in a range where you can see the waist of a person of the front half of their body.
Long Shot
Long Shot is a shot that is taken in a far range. In a Long shot the viewer can see the full scene.
Cowboy Shot
Cowboy shot is a shot that is from the actor mid waist to above their head.
Deep Focus
A Deep Focus shot is a shot that is a shot focusing on one thing such as a, actor.
Dolly Zoom
A Dolly Zoom shot is a shot that you move away from the subject in the scene but while zooming in the opposite direction.
Dutch Tilt
The Dutch Tilt Shot is a shot that involving tilting the camera.
Establishing Shot
An Establishing shot is a shot that is set up based on where the action is taking placed.
Handheld Shot
: A Handheld shot is a shot where the camera is in the operator hands and the person is carrying the camera on his feet, this creates an uneven look for the viewers.
Low Angle Shot
A Low Angle Shot is a shot where the camera is placed at a lower angle from the viewer perspective.
High Angle Shot
A High Angle Shot is a shot that’s taken from a high angle. A High Angle Shot is when the camera is facing down towards the ground.
Locked-Down Shot
A Locked-Down Shot is a shot that’s where the camera is basically put on locked down by tightening the tripod.
Library Shot
A Library shot is a shot that has been pulled from clips that have been stored in a “library” full of clips that has been used in the film.
Matte Shot
A Matte Shot is a shot that is the background or even sometimes the foreground of the clip is masked so that different backgrounds can be subsisted in while the clip is being printed.
Money Shot
A Money Shot is a shot that has been taken that is very mind blowing and dramatic
Over-The-Shoulder Shot
An Over-The-Shoulder Shot is a shot that has been taken from over the shoulder of the operator
Pan
The Pan Shot is a shot that the camera is moving horizontally so that from the view perspective it could appear as a moving scene
POV shot.
A POV Shot is a shot that the camera is pointed down in an angle where is the character is facing the camera and looking in first person.
The Sequence Shot
A The Sequence Shot is a method that’s used in film to take scenes from many distances such as, wide, medium, and close view.
Steadicam Shot
A Steadicam Shot is a shot that is taken with a Steadicam
Tilt
A Tilt Shot is a shot that the camera is position in a fixed/stead position but can rotate up and down or in other words up and down.
Top Shot
A Top Shot is a shot where the camera is facing directly down of the scene
Tracking Shot
A Tracking Shot is a shot that is literally tracking its subject
Two-Shot
A Two Shot is a shot is a shot that has two people in the scene
Whip Pan
A Whip Pan shot is a shot where the camera is being whipped back and forth.
Zoom shot
A Zoom shot is a shot that is full length of the camera lens that is changed to get the through to the viewers that the scene is moving closer or even sometimes farther back from the subject.
Crane Shot
A Crane Shot is a shot that the camera placed on this tool called, the crane or even a tool called, jib.
Rule Of Thirds
The Rule Of Thirds Shot is a shot where vertical and horizontal lines are placed on a shot or picture
Field Of View
The Field Of View shot is a shot basically visual to the lens of the camera or what you can see through the lens of the camera
Lead Room
A Lead Room shot is a shot where the space and direction in front of a subject.
Color Composition
The Color Composition is basically in photography can called for emotions and can influence how people respond to the shot.
Lines Composition Shot
Lines Composition Shot are a technique that is used for lines shapes.
Headroom
Head room in film is basically the amount of space the subject has between their top their head to the top of the frame
Framing
Framing is the camera position and placement of the subjects in the frame.
