1. CAMERA SHOTS and CAMERA ANGLES

2. ESTABLISHING SHOT -Usually exterior.
-It’s a long shot that shows the audience the location of the action before moving on to the actual action.

3. ESTABLISHING SHOT

4. LONG SHOT
-A camera view of an object or character from a considerable distance so that it appears relatively small in the frame.
-e.g., a person standing in a crowd of people or a horse in a vast landscape;
-variations are the medium long-shot (or mid-shot) (MLS) and the extreme long-shot (ELS or XLS); also called a wide shot; a long shot often serves as an establishing shot; contrast to close-up (CU); a full-shot is a type of long shot that includes a subject's entire body (head to feet).

5. LONG SHOT or FULL SHOT

7. MEDIUM SHOT
-Refers to a conventional camera shot filmed from a medium distance.
-Although it is difficult to precisely define, it usually refers to a human figure from the waist (or knees) up; between a close shot and a long shot; abbreviated as (MS)

8. MEDIUM SHOT

10. Medium Close Up
-The medium close up is half way between a medium shot and a close up.
-It is abbreviated (MCU).

11. MEDIUM CLOSE UP

13. CLOSE UP
-A shot taken from a close distance in which the scale of the object is magnified, appears relatively large and fills the entire frame to focus attention and emphasize its importance.
-i.e., a person's head from the shoulders or neck up is a commonly-filmed close-up;

14. CLOSE UP

17. Extreme Close Up
-The shot is so tight that only a fraction of the focus of attention, such as someone's eyes, can be seen.
-Abbreviated (ECU) or (XCU).

18. EXTREME CLOSE UP

20. Point of View
-A sequence that is shot as if the viewer were looking through the eyes of a specific character.
-The shot is a common trick of the horror film: that is, we are placed in the position of the killer who is slowly sneaking up on a victim.
(Note that horror directors sometimes "cheat" with this device; that is, after a building of suspense, it can also turn out that we were not in the position of the killer after all.)

21. SUBJECTIVE ANGLE (POINT OF VIEW)

23. BIRD’S EYE VIEW
-The camera is placed above the subject, looking down toward the subject and the ground.
-Can seem disorienting because it is rarely the way audiences themselves see the world.
-Directors often use the bird’s-eye view when they want to make some kind of dramatic comment on a character or scene

24. BIRD’S EYE VIEW

25. HIGH ANGLE
-Looking downwards, tends to draw attention to the importance of the environment or setting for a scene.
-High angle shots also tend to make characters look small and are often used by directors to symbolically suggest insignificance or withering
authority.

26. HIGH ANGLE

27. LOW ANGLE
-Looking upwards, has the opposite effect of a high angle shot.
It tends to focus attention on the size and significance of a character or object.
Often directors will use this kind of shot to symbolically announce the power and authority of one of their characters without literally telling the audience this information.
Angle to immediately announce his role as the arch villain in the story.

28. LOW ANGLE

29. CANTED ANGLE
-Shot by literally tilting the camera frame. It can be used to suggest a sense of “crookedness” and anxiety, or, in the case of some television news
shows and music video programs, a sense of playfulness.
-A canted shot occurs when you pivot the camera laterally to distort the horizon line as well as the perception of gravity.
-A canted camera can create the illusion that a level field is a steep incline.

30. CANTED ANGLE

31. OVER THE SHOULDER
-Shot of someone or something taken over the shoulder of another person.
-The back of the shoulder and head of this person is used to frame the image of whatever (or whomever) the camera is pointing toward.
-This type of shot is very common when two characters are having a discussion and will usually follow an establishing shot which helps the audience place the characters in their setting.

32. OVER THE SHOULDER