Videography Basics

Video Tips,
Tricks, and
Styles

Types of Shots: The camera's Distance from the subject.

Extreme Close-Up

●surface area of the frame is filled by a subject’s face

●convey the emotion that your subject is feeling

Close-Up

●capture the minute details of the subject

Multiple Choice

What type of shot is this?

• Close up Shot

• Extreme Close up Shot

• Long Shot

• Medium shot

Multiple Choice

What type of shot is this?

• Long Shot

• Extreme Long Shot

• Extreme Close up Shot

• Close up Shot

Multiple Choice

What type of shot is this?

• Extreme Close up shot

• Close up shot

• Long Shot

• Medium Shot

Medium Shot

●waist shot

●used for back and forth dialogue within a scene

Long Shot

●A.K.A. Wide Shot

●causes the audience to feel isolated

Extreme Long Shot

●isn’t necessarily the focus anymore, but rather the surrounding area is

●Used for foreshadowing or

Multiple Choice

What type of shot is this?

• Extreme Close up Shot

• Medium Shot

• Long Shot

• Extreme Long Shot

Multiple Choice

What type of shot is this?

• Medium Shot

• Long Shot

• Close up shot

• Extreme Long Shot

Multiple Choice

What is this type of shot?

• Medium Shot

• Long Shot

• Extreme Close up Shot

• Extreme Long Shot

Multiple Choice

What is a medium shot used for?

• Working

• Dialogue

• Reviewing

• Storytelling

Camera Angles:

The way the camera is pointed at the subject

High-Angle Shot

●used to make the subject or object below seem vulnerable, powerless, or
weak

Low-Angle Shot

●

evokes a psychological effect by making the subject above,
which the camera is angled at, look strong and powerful

Over the Shoulder Shot

●most commonly used in
film when two or more
characters are talking to
each other in
conversation

●Note the depth of field

Multiple Choice

What camera angle was used here?

• High-angle Shot

• Over the Shoulder Angle

• Low-angle Shot

• Ground Shot

Multiple Choice

What camera angle was used here?

• Low-angle shot

• High-angle shot

• Over the shoulder shot

• Tilt shot

Multiple Choice

What camera angle was used here?

• Low-angle shot

• High-angle shot

• Over the shoulder shot

• Tilt shot

Bird’s Eye Shot

●used as establishing shots to give context of where the setting of the film is

Dutch Angle/Tilt Shot

●a stylistic approach to
cinematography

●used mostly to create a
dramatic effect

●make your audience feel
disoriented or uneasy

Multiple Choice

What camera angle was used here?

• Low-angle shot

• Tilt Shot

• Bird's eye shot

• Camera shot

Multiple Choice

What camera angle was used here?

• Low-angle shot

• High-angle shot

• Bug's eye angle shot

• Tilt shot

Multiple Choice

What is a tilt shot used for?

• To make the audience feel disoriented or uneasy.

• To make the frame look like it's moving.

Video Tricks