Mise en Scène

This type of shot includes a lot of the setting and is often referred to as an "establishing shot".

• Wide Shot

• Close-Up Shot

• Point of View

• Mid Shot

This type of shot is relatively close, revealing a moderate amount of detail. It normally shows a character from the waist up and should draw the viewer's attention.

• Point of View

• Extreme Close Up

• Mid Shot (or Medium Shot)

• Close Up

A "first person" shot, or "point-of-view" shot's purpose is to...

• Make you as viewer feel as though what's happening in front of the camera is happening from your perspective

• Establish suspense

• Engage in a scene heavy with dialogue

• Create sympathy for otherwise unsympathetic characters

A shot so close that it would only reveal part of an actor's face... this type of shot allows a director to reveal something normally unseen... & should suggest importance to the viewer.

• Extreme close-up

• Close-up

• Over the shoulder

• Mid shot

A camera movement that scans a scene horizontally is a...

• Pan

• Tilt

• Track

• Zoom

A camera movement that scans a scene vertically is a...

• Pan

• Tilt

• Track

• Zoom

A camera movement that follows someone or something is a...

• Pan

• Tilt

• Track

• Zoom

A low camera angle shot looks directly up at the subject. The effect this has on the viewer is...

• To make someone look scared and/or small.

• To show the surrounding and how big an impact was.

• That the subject is big, scary, and/or powerful

• No effect.

A high camera angle shot looks down on the subject. The effect this has on the viewer is...

• To show the surrounding and how big an impact was.

• That the subject appears big, scary, and/or powerful.

• That the subject looks scared and/or powerless.

• No effect.

This type of editing results in a series of short shots edited into a sequence to condense time, space, and information, but provides viewers with an overall idea.

• Montage

• Realistic

• Theatrical

• Matched Cutting