Camera Shots And Angles

Question 1

Long shot

Answer 1

Long shot shows characters full body, it focuses on the character as well as the background.

Question 2

Medium shot

Answer 2

Shows a character from the waist up. Usually used for dialogue.

Question 3

Close up

Answer 3

Shows characters facial expressions and background is blurred. It is used to make us feel comfortable or uncomfortable about a character.

Question 4

Extreme close up

Answer 4

Zooms up on the face and usually shows detail on the face like eyes or the mouth, with no background whatsoever.

Question 5

Birds eye view

Answer 5

This angle over looks the scene like your looking down on the action.

Question 6

High angle

Answer 6

Draws attention to the importance of the environment or setting for a scene.

Question 7

Eye level

Answer 7

Camera is positioned as though a human is observing a scene.

Question 8

Low angle

Answer 8

Shows the audience power in the character. This shot is filmed looking upwards.

Question 9

Oblique angle

Answer 9

Filmed by tilting the camera, and suggest a sense of “crookedness” and anxiety.

Question 10

Establishing shot

Answer 10

Shows outside of a building/landscape used to show scenes of thrilling action.

Question 11

Point of view

Answer 11

The camera becomes the eyes of a character. The audience sees what that character sees.