CAMERA SHOT Flashcards
Is a more intense version of a close-up shot, sometimes showing only the subject’s eyes.
EXTREME CLOSE UP
is a photograph or movie shot taken of a subject or object at close range intended to show greater detail to the viewer.
EXTREME CLOSE UP
frame the subject tightly, filling the screen with a particular detail.
CLOSE-UP SHOTS
can have different effects, depending on how the director chooses to use it.
The shot can serve to underscore a particular emotion, such as fear or desire, or create heightened feelings in the audience, making them feel sorrow, amusement, disgust, or suspense.
EXTREME CLOSE UP
are often used in concert with regular close-ups to show greater detail.
EXTREME CLOSE UP
make your subject appear small against their location. You can use an extreme long shot to make your subject feel distant or unfamiliar.
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EXTREME LONG SHOT (ELS) OR EXTREME WIDE SHOT (EWS)
To focus in on a specific portion of the subject.
To signal an important sensory moment in a scene.
To communicate tiny details too small to notice.
EXTREME CLOSE-UP SHOTS
is a view from an even greater distance, in which people appear as small dots in the landscape if at all
EXTREME LONG SHOT
The long shot (also known as a
WIDE SHOT (WS)
If your subject is a person, then his or her whole body will be in view — but not filling the shot.
In other words, there should be a good deal of space above and below your subject.
LONG SHOT (LS) OR WIDE SHOT (WS)
to keep your subject in plain view amidst grander surroundings.
long shot
also lets us see the beautiful background imagery, as well as the onlookers which will make any big moment more cinematic.
WIDE SHOT
Of the many camera shots, this gives us a better idea of the scene setting, and gives us a better idea of how the character fits into the area.
long shot
a type of camera shot that includes the actor’s full body in the frame.
FULL SHOT (FS)
Is a type of camera shot in which a character’s entire body reaches from the top of the frame to the bottom of the frame.
FULL SHOT (FS)
TYPE OF SHOT If the guy sees his date walk in, he’s going to look her over, and you would use a Full Shot to show what he’s seeing.
FULL SHOT
If you have a fight scene with two men hitting and struggling, you may not want the camera in so close you only see the faces. You want the reader to see those arms swinging and legs kicking.
Yet, you don’t want to be so far away you can’t hear the moans of pain or see the blood flying when the bad guy gets his nose broken by a hard punch.
FULL SHOT
A medium long shot aka
MEDIUM WIDE SHOT (MWS)
Frames the subject from roughly the knees up.
MEDIUM WIDE SHOT (MWS)
It splits the difference between a full shot and a medium shot.
MEDIUM WIDE SHOT (MWS)
Frames the subject from roughly mid-thighs up.
COWBOY SHOT (CS)
It’s called a “COWBOY SHOT” because
it is used in Westerns to frame a gunslinger’s gun or holster on his hip.
Lends visual power and intensity to characters in a motion picture.
COWBOY SHOT (CS)
Is one of the most common camera shots.
MEDIUM SHOT (MS)