Shot Types

Question 1

What can be seen in a long shot?

Answer 1

The whole human body and scenery

Question 2

What is a long shot without humans in called?

Answer 2

An empty long shot

Question 3

What does a long shot represent?

Answer 3

Freedom, no intensity

Question 4

What can be seen in a medium/mid shot?

Answer 4

Only the top half/ waist up of a person can be seen & facial expressions

Question 5

What is the difference between a long shot and a mid shot?

Answer 5

Fewer people fit into it

Question 6

What can be seen in close ups?

Answer 6

Whole face, sometimes with top of head chopped off

Question 7

What is the effect of a close up?

Answer 7

Added emotional content & intensity as you aren’t distracted by the background

Question 8

What can be seen in an extreme long shot?

Answer 8

Larger scale setting, and many people

Question 9

What can be seen in an extreme close up?

Answer 9

Usually eyes, part of a human face

Question 10

What is the effect of an extreme close up?

Answer 10

Audience focus is at maximum and shows emotion

Question 11

What can be seen in a medium long shot?

Answer 11

More than the waist up is a body, but not the whole body

Question 12

What is visible in a medium close shot?

Answer 12

Head & shoulders

Question 13

What is a canted shot?

Answer 13

Camera held at an angle so that horizontals & verticles lean

Question 14

What is the effect of a canted shot?

Answer 14

Makes audience feel uneasy/ vulnerable

Question 15

What can be seen from a high angle shot?

Answer 15

Birdseye view, above the subject looking down

Question 16

What is the effect of a high angle shot?

Answer 16

Characters appear smaller & therefore more vulnerable

Question 17

What can be seen in a long angle shot?

Answer 17

Camera looks up at the actor

Question 18

What is the effect of a low angle shot?

Answer 18

Makes the character appear bigger and more powerful

Question 19

What can be seen in an over the shoulder shot?

Answer 19

Camera filming over someone’s shoulder

Question 20

What is the effect of an over the shoulder shot?

Answer 20

Keeps both characters in shot but also allows audience focus on one character more than the other

Question 21

What is shot reverse shot?

Answer 21

Alternating sequence of over the shoulder shot… switching from one persons shoulder to another

Question 22

Where can a crane shot move?

Answer 22

Everywhere/ anywhere and can do all shots