camera

 

    Establishing shot

- it introduces new scenes and tell the audience where and when the action is happening. They can also set up a point of view or help develop character.

Long shot 

- it is a scene shot from a considerable distance, so that the subject appears as small shapes. An extreme long shot is a view from an even greater distance, in which people appear as small dots in the landscape.

Medium shot 

-is used to emphasise the actor and their surroundings by giving them an equal presence on screen.

Close up

-it adds emotion to a scene. It closely frames an actor's face, which makes their reaction the main focus in the frame.

Extreme close up

    -it frames only the actors facial features. It frames only a portion of the subject. Shows the

    actors emotions.

 

high-angle shot 

-is a cinematography technique.

-the camera points down on the subject from above. 

-they are used to make the subject or object seem vulnerable, powerless, or weak.

Low angle shot

-is a shot from a camera angle positioned anywhere below the eye line, pointing upward. ---it can even be below the character’s feet which is called an extreme low angle shot.

-it can make a hero seem powerful 

-it can make a hero seem vulnerable

-it can increase perceived height of an object

point of view shot

-is shot as if the audience were looking through the eyes of a character. 

-the shot is common in horror film.

 

 

over the shoulder shot

-the camera is placed just behind an "off-screen" actor so that their shoulder is in the frame while the camera captures the "on-screen" actor'.