1. Camera Composition

2. Framing a Shot
Aspect Ratio
4 x 3 OR
16 x 9

3. Select event details that tell the REAL story
Framing a Shot
Select event details that tell the REAL story

4. Space between the top of a person’s head to the upper screen edge.
Headroom
Space between the top of a person’s head to the upper screen edge.

5. Space between the front of a person’s face the edge of the screen.
Noseroom
Space between the front of a person’s face the edge of the screen.

6. Space in front of a moving object and the side of the screen.
Leadroom
Space in front of a moving object and the side of the screen.

7. How much of the “field” or scenery is in the shot.
Field of View
How much of the “field” or scenery is in the shot.

8. Extreme Long Shot Long Shot Medium Shot Close Up 5. Extreme Close Up
5 Basic Shots
Extreme Long Shot
Long Shot
Medium Shot
Close Up
5. Extreme Close Up

9. Object seen from great distance. Establishing Shot
Extreme Long Shot
Object seen from great distance.
Establishing Shot

10. Extreme Long Shot
ELS

11. Subject framed from head to toe
Long Shot
Subject framed from head to toe

12. LS

13. Subject framed from the waist up
Medium Shot
Subject framed from the waist up

14. MS
Medium shot

15. Object or any part of it seen at close range. Head and shoulders.
Close Up
Object or any part of it seen at close range.
Head and shoulders.

16. CU

17. Object framed very tightly
Extreme Close Up
Object framed very tightly

18. ECU

19. ECU

20. Camera looks over the shoulder of one subject to see the other subject
Over the Shoulder Shot
Camera looks over the shoulder of one subject to see the other subject

21. O/S

22. Subject framed from the knees up
Knee Shot
Subject framed from the knees up

23. 2-Shot
2 subjects
In frame

24. TS or
2-shot

25. 3-Shot
3 subjects
in frame

27. Identify the Following Shots