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Shooting the actual footage for your film can be a bit tricky. It is not always as simple as pointing a camera at a scene and pressing record. After consulting your storyboard, you will want to consider vantage points, perspective, lighting, angles, audio concerns, etc. to make sure you acquire the exact shot you want.
PSa Examples
PSa Examples
Shot Types
Shot Types
There is a convention in the video, film and television industries which assigns names and guidelines to common types of shots, framing and picture composition. The list below briefly describes the most common shot types (click the images for more details).
Notes:
The exact terminology varies between production environments but the basic principles are the same.
Shots are usually described in relation to a particular subject. In most of the examples below, the subject is the boy.
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The view is so far from the subject that he isn't even visible. Often used as an establishing shot.
The subject is visible (barely), but the emphasis is still on placing him in his environment.
The subject takes up the full frame, or at least as much as comfortably possible.
Shows some part of the subject in more detail while still giving an impression of the whole subject.
Half way between a MS and a CU.
A certain feature or part of the subject takes up the whole frame.
Shows some (other) part of the subject in detail.
A shot of something other than the subject.
A shot of two people, framed similarly to a mid shot.
Looking from behind a person at the subject.
Usually refers to a shot of the interviewer listening and reacting to the subject.
Shows a view from the subject's perspective.
The subject is the weather. Can be used for other purposes, e.g. background for graphics.
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