Camera Work

Question 1

Types of Shot (Distance)

Answer 1

• Extreme long (estabilishing)
• Long (whole height)
• Medium Long (above knee)
• Mid Shot (waist upwards)
• Medium Close up (chest upwards)
• Close Up (shoulder upwards)
• Extreme Close Up (facial emotion)

Question 2

Other types of shot

Answer 2

• Wide shot
• Over the shoulder
• General views (variety of angles to illustrate setting)
• Point of View (subjective=characters eyes / objective=audience observes)

Question 3

Types of Movement

Answer 3

Pan (left to right)
Tilt (up and down)
Tracking (camera moves with action)
Zoom/Reverse zoom
Crane
Handheld
Steadicam (smoother handheld)

Question 4

Types of Angle

Answer 4

High angle (looking down on someone) 
Low Angle (looking up at someone)
Eye Level
Extreme High Angle (aerial)
Canted angle

Question 5

Types of composition

Answer 5

Framing
Rule of thirds
Focus: pull focus/soft focus
Depth of field: long (everything in focus)/ shallow (foreground in focus, background blurrred)

Question 6

SMAC

Answer 6

Shots
Movement
Angle
Composition, framing and focus