Shot Types

Question 1

Eye-Level

Answer 1

A shot taken from a neutral angle. This is the most commonly used angle in film.
It allows the audience to feel comfortable with the characters.

Question 2

Low angle

Answer 2

The audience looks up at the character. This is used to make a character look powerful and to make an audience feel small and vulnerable.

Question 3

Birds Eye

Answer 3

An angle that looks directly down upon a scene. This angle is often used as an
establishing angle, along with an extreme long shot, to establish setting.

Question 4

Extreme Close Up (ECU)

Answer 4

A shot that contains one part of a character’s face or
another object. This technique is quite common in horror films. This type of shot creates an intense mood and provides interaction between the audience and the viewer.

Question 5

High Angle

Answer 5

A camera angle that looks down upon a subject. A character shot this way will look vulnerable or small.
These angles are often used to demonstrate to the audience a perspective of a particular, character.

Question 6

Extreme Long Shot

Answer 6

Also known as an establishing shot, or ELS. This is often used to set a scene or establish a setting. It is good for framing and showing large groups of characters in a situation.

Question 7

Medium Shot

Answer 7

Characters are seen from the waist up. This is good for showing people interacting and conversing. The audience is more emotionally involved.
Because this frequently involves two characters talking, this is often called a
“Two Shot”

Question 8

Close up Shot

Answer 8

Contains just one character’s face. This enables viewers to understand the actor’s
emotions and also allows them to feel empathy for the character. This is also known as a personal shot.

Question 9

Deep Focus

Answer 9

A style or technique of cinematography and staging with great depth of field, using relatively wide-angle lenses and small lens apertures to render in sharp focus near and distant planes simultaneously.
A deep-focus shot includes foreground, middle-ground, and extreme-background objects, all in focus.

Question 10

Crane Shot

Answer 10

Often used by composers of films to signify the end of a film or scene. The effect is achieved by the camera being put on a crane that can move upwards.