Types of shots
Panning: the camera moves slowly from one side to side on an fixed axis
Tilt: the camera moved up and down on a fixed axis
Crane: when the camera, is mounted on a crane, moves around a distance above ground level
Tracking: is when the camera follows the action, moving along tracks laid for that purpose, often pulling backwards from a scene
Ralling: camera moves diagonally, making the image askew, this is usually to represent drug-use, illness or disorniatation
Steadicam: piece of equipment, that the operator is strapped to a harness, which helps to keep the camera steady to get a handheld like effect
Long shot
When the objects/ person is in the background, example:
Medium shot
Normally this shot is at chest shoulder/ below shoulders, example:
Close-up
A shot which is shot at shoulder level, exmaple:
Extreme close-up
When the shot is above shoulder level, example:
Films often begin with a longshot or extreme longshot to show the setting. This is known as the 'general' or 'establishing shot.' Then we move in the 'particular' to show the protagonist which a close-up shot is used here.
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