Camera angles and

shots
BY Jack and Ellis and Joe

Extreme close up
In this picture taken
from one of the
first scenes of
Saving Private Ryan
, the actor Tom
Hanks looks fearful
of what he sees
ahead. Despite the
fear, there seems to
be a gritty
determination to
get the job done.
The extreme closeup on his eyes
shows the emotion
of the actor. The
extreme close-up

Big close up
This big close-up of Leonardo
Di Caprio shows him being
very emotion during Romeo
and Juliet. The big close up
shows an open mouth , in
disbelief at what he sees. A
big close up allows you to
pick up more emotions than
just the eyes in a extreme
close up.

Close up
This close-up of
Leonardo Di Caprio in
Wolf of wall street
shows a bit of
background of a
hectic office and he is
using the close up to
speak to the
audience.

Medium close up

Themedium close-upis
half way between amid
shotand aclose up This
shot shows superman
and the medium close up
is needed to get a strong
image of the face but
include his badge .

Medium shot
The 'waist up'
medium shot is ideal
when the subject is
speaking or delivering
information and the
fine detail isn't
needed. In this image
the actors face shows
one of fear and we
can understand why
from the small
section of background
we can see

Medium long shot

Frames the whole
subject from the knees
up. This image shows
2 actors after what
appears to have been
a battle. The shot is
effectively used as we
only see necessary
things.

Long shot
Normally shows an
exterior, e.g. the
outside of a building,
or a landscape. In this
shot it is used to show
a cowboy type
character in a smoky
dessert. We see the
background clearly
which was needed for
a more in-depth
understanding.

Establishing shot
Anestablishing
shotis usually the
firstshotof a new
scene. This shot
shows the setting
pretty clearly, I
would assume the
next shot would
have been on the
characters now we
have a clearer
setting picture.

High-angled shot
Ahigh-angle shotis
a cinematic
technique where the
camera looks down
on the subject from
ahigh angleand the
point of focus often
gets "swallowed up.
In this picture the
shot has been used
to show the actors
looking up almost as
though something
will land on them.

Low angle shot

low-angle shot, is
ashotfrom a
cameraanglepositione
dlow, anywhere below
the eye line, looking up.
In this shot it seems as
though we are in the
back of a car looking
out of the boot at these
two men with guns.

Birds eye view

This birds eye view
shot is effective
because it shows
the man falling and
we can see below
there is no safe
landing. It builds a
picture of what can
be seen by the
actors in the scene.

Point of view shot

The camcorder adopts
the perspective of a
character. We see
what a character sees
and therefore identify
with him/her. In this
shot we are looking
from the point of view
of a character with a
gun pointed at him.
This shot is effective
because it creates
feelings as though you
are that person with
the gun at you.

Dutch angle shot

Type of camera
shot where the
camera is set at an
angle on its roll
axis so that the
shot is composed
with vertical lines
at an angle to the
side of the frame.
This shot is
effective because
it makes the
character seem
odd and has
something weird
going on with him

Reverse shot

A cut to ashotof
a character's
reaction to the
contents of the
precedingshot.T
he shot is
effective as we
rotate around the
actors depending
on who is
providing the
dialogue. Meaning
we can see facial
expressions as
they speak.