Camera Shots and Angles

• Full Shot (FS)

  • Focal points fill the frame while keeping an emphasis on the surrounding space

  
• Long Shot (LS)

  • Makes your focal point appear small but more details are visible

  
• Extreme Long Shot

  • Makes your focal point appear small against their location.
  • Big landscapes with little details for the focal point.

  
• Medium Shoot (MS)

  • Waist to torso up
  • Focal point is emphasized while keeping some surrounding space visible.

  
• Close Up (CU)

  • Focal point fills the frame with only one portion of ur sub matter and provides very little of the surroundings

  
• Macro/Extreme Close-Up (MCU/ ECU)

  • Focal point completely fills the frame and provides extreme amount of details about the subject matter.

  
• Shot sizes

  A) Extreme Close Up (ECU)

  B) Close up (CU)

  C) Medium Close Up

  D) Medium Shot (MS)

  E) Cowboy Shot (CS)

  F) Full Shot (FS)

  
• Camera Shots

  • Extreme Long Shots (ELS)
  • Long Shot (LS)
  • Full Shot (FS)
  • Medium Shot(MS)
  • Close Up (CU)
  • Extreme Close Up (ECU)
• Camera angles (tilt) - Specific perspective ur camera takes in relation to the focal point to capture a photograph
• Ariel/ Bird's View - cam is directly above focal point

  
• High angle - makes sub appear small, or gives a sense of an innocent image

  - cam is above action and looking down on ur focal point

  
• Eye Level (Straight shot)

  • cam is at the same level as focal point

  
• Low angle

  • makes sub feel large and powerful
  • cam is below the action and looking up at ur focal point

  
• Bug's eye view

  • cam is positioned almost under above ur focal point