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Camera Shots explained clearly in an easy way to understand with pictures
- 1. Photography & Videography Ms.Muqaddas Naz
- 2. Camera Shot • Acamera shot is composed of the series of frames that are shot uninterrupted from the moment the camera starts rolling until it stops. • A camera shot is how much space the audience sees in a particular frame. • Photographers choose specific camera shots to portray things about a character, setting, or theme to the audience.
- 3. 1. Establishing shot: •The establishing shot appears at the start of a scene to let the audience know where they are. It sets the stage for what’s to come in the scene.
- 4. 2. Extreme LongShot (ELS) • ELS makes your subject appear small against their location. You can use an extreme long shot to make your subject feel distant or unfamiliar.
- 5. 3. Long Shot(LS) • is the same idea, but a bit closer. This shot allows the audience to see the subject's entire body in the frame – head to toe. Using a long shot gives the audience a sense of the subject's surroundings
- 6. 4. Full Shot •camera shots that let your subject fill the frame while keeping emphasis on scenery.
- 7. 5. Medium LongShot • A medium long shot (aka medium long shot) frames the subject from roughly the knees up.
- 8. 6. Medium Shot •The medium shot is one of the most common camera shots. It frames from roughly the waist up and emphasizes more of your subject while keeping their surroundings visible..
- 9. 7. Medium CloseUp Shot • The medium close-up frames your subject from roughly the torso up. So it typically favors the face
- 10. 8. Close UpShot • The close-up camera shot fills your frame with a part of your subject’s face.
- 11. 9. Extreme CloseUp • An extreme close-up is the most you can fill a frame with your subject. It often shows eyes and nose.
- 12. Camera Framing • Forfilmmakers and videographers, a major consideration for framing is the number of subjects you feature in your shots. • Based on how you plan to position your subjects, you'll need to adjust your camerawork.
- 13. 1. Single Shot •Single shots can be set and framed in any shot size you like, just as long as there is only one character featured within the frame.
- 14. 2. Two Shot •A two-shot is a camera shot with two characters featured in the frame. It is useful for allowing performances to play out in a single take
- 15. 3. Three Shot •A three-shot features three characters in the frame. Three shots are really important in adventure films, or really any film that has a group of characters, because it is an enormous time drain.
- 16. 4. Over-The-Shoulder Shot •is the perspective of the shot and shows your subject from behind the shoulder of another character. It’s common in conversation scenes.
- 17. 5. Point ofView Shot • A POV shot is a camera shot that shows the viewer exactly what that character sees.
- 18. Camera Focus • Cinemaand television give the director an uncanny(strange/ mysterious) ability to control the audience's vision. • You can shift and change points of view as people learn new information, move locations, or switch perspectives. • It is the area in your image where subjects appear acceptably sharp.
- 19. 1. Shallow FocusShot • In SF shot, the subject of the scene is in focus while the rest is out of the focus. Shallow focus shots, your subject is in crisp(clean-cut/sharp) focus while the foreground and background scenery is out of focus.
- 20. 2. Deep FocusShot • DF shot refers to a technique where all elements of an image, foreground, middle ground, and background are all in sharp focus. In a deep focus shot, everything in your frame is in focus. This is when you need your audience to feel the scenery or particular scene elements.
- 21. 3. Tilt-Shift Shot •A tilt-shift lens rotates perspective within the lens and emulates selective focus. It can make parts of your image appear in sharp focus while others are out of focus.
- 22. 4. Soft focus •Soft focus shots keep nothing in 100% sharp focus. This is caused by either a flaw in the lens itself or through special filters.
- 23. Camera Angles • Thecamera shot angle is used to specify the location where the camera is placed to take a shot. • The position of the camera in relation to the subjects can affect the way the viewer perceives the scene. • A scene may be shot simultaneously from multiple camera angles to amplify the cinematic effect and the emotions.
- 24. 1. Eye LevelShot • The cinematographer positions the camera angle directly at the eye level of the character with very little surrounding context.
- 25. 2. Low AngleShot • A low angle shot frames the subject from a low camera height looking up at them. These camera shots most often emphasize power dynamics between characters.
- 26. 3. High AngleShot • In a high angle shot, the camera points down at your subject. It usually creates a feeling of inferiority, or “looking down” on your subject.
- 27. 2. Knee LevelShot • This is when your camera height is about as low as your subject’s knees. They can emphasize a character’s superiority, if paired with a low angle.
- 28. 3. Ground LevelShot • A ground level shot is when your camera’s height is on ground level with your subject. Needless to say, this shot captures what’s going on the ground your subject stands on.
- 30. 4. Shoulder LevelShot • This is when your camera is roughly as high as your subject’s shoulders.
- 31. 5. Aerial Shot •Whether taken from a helicopter or drone, this is a shot from way up high. It establishes a large expanse of scenery.