Camera

Long shot Features a person

from head to toe A full body shot LS

Medium Shot Features the person from the waist

to the head MS

Bust shot Features a person from chest to

head More personal than a medium shot Bust

Close-up Features a person’s head and shoulders We are close to the character Able to more clearly recognize facial

expressions CU

Extreme Close-up Closest we can get to a person or

object Eye, mouth, watch, doorknob, etc. ECU

Establishing Shot First shot of a scene Tells where the action will be taking

place EST

EST Can be a building A sign Or a title

Principal’s Office

Over the shoulder shot Back of person’s

head=foreground

Main character’s head=background, but it is in focus

We know the character is talking to someone

OS

2 shot A shot with 2 people in it

normal Shot is taken at a normal, everyday

angle Eye-level

Low angle Camera is on ground or low…and

looking up Subject on the screen is powerful or

superior

High angle

Camera looks down on the subject Subject on the screen is weak or

inferior

dutch Angle is diagonal,

crooked Suggests action

or excitement Something

abnormal is going on

Point of view Camera becomes the eye of the

subject POV

pan Camera head moves from side to

side Camera is mounted on tripod or

shoulder

tilt Camera head moves up or down Camera is mounted on tripod or

shoulder

truck Entire camera moves from side to

side

Dolly Entire camera moves towards or

away from a subject Camera moves forward or

backwards

Zoom in Camera is stationary, but an object

on screen appears to be getting closer to camera

Camera lenses are shifting

Zoom out Camera is stationary, but an object

on screen appears to be moving further away from the camera

Camera lenses are shifting