VARIOUS SHOTS

Basic Photography Mass Communication Program

Ateneo de Davao University

Shots !  ELS - Extreme Long Shot !  LS - Long Shot !  MLS - Medium Long Shot !  MS - Medium Shot/ Mid

Shot !  CU - Close Up !  MCU - Medium Close Up !  BCU - Big Close Up !  ECU - Extreme Close Up

Extreme Long Shot (ELS) !  camera at its

farthest distance from subject

!  emphasize background

!  context

!  establishing shot Sex and Lucia!

Long Shot (LS) !  showing all or most

of the subject and much of the surroundings

!  emphasis is more on the size or height of subject vis-a-vis background

Medium Long Shot (MLS) !  Emphasis on the

physique of subject !  frame cuts off feet

and ankles

The Road Home!

Medium Shot (MS) !  mid-shot !   lower frame

passes through waist of subject

!  subject and setting occupy roughly equal areas in the frame

!  space for hand gestures

Angelina Jolie, UNHCR Ambassador!

Medium Shot (MS)

Monicca Bellucci!

Medium Close Shot (MCS)

!  setting can be seen !   lower frame passes through chest of

subject

Sex and Lucia!

Close Up (CU) !  shows a character’s

face in great detail !  face fills the screen

The Road Home!

Medium Close Up (MCU)

head and shoulders Sex and Lucia!

Big Close Up (BCU) From forehead to

chin Emphasis on the

intimate emotion of the subject

Extreme Close Up (ECU) !  reveals only a

small part of the face

Shot Sizes

Shot Angles