Cinematography

Cinematography

In terms of cinematography, there are many different shot types that are used within films. There are:      -Extreme Long Shots: A shot from an extremely long distance
-Long Shots: A shot from a long way away
-Full shots: A shot of the full body of the people/person on-screen
-Mid-Shot: A shot from the waist up or waist down
-Close-Up: A shot that is particularly zoomed in to perhaps show an expression
-Extreme Close-Up: A shot that is so close to show a minute detail
-Crane Shots: A shot that zooms out and upwards almost as if the camera is on a crane
-Point Of View Shot: A shot that looks like it's what the character can see
Angles include:
- Birds eye angle: looking directly down on a scene
- High angle: looks down on a subject
- Eye-level angle: an equal footing with the character(s)
- Low angle: looking up at a character
- Dutch angle: used to demonstrate confusion of a character