Camera Angles

This first one is called an establishing shot. It shows mainly where the film takes place.

This is called a wide shot, it gives us more information about where the characters are.

This shot is called a medium shot. It is taken from the waist up because the lower half of the body does not need to be shown.

This shot is called a close up. It zooms in on the main object/person to emphasise the importance of it.

Extreme close up. Shows emotions of the character or even object being shown.

This shot is called the point of view shot because it makes the audience believe that they are in that position.

This is called an over the shoulder shot. It is taken over the shoulder; this can help the audience place the characters in the setting.

This is called a shot reverse shot. This is where one character is shown looking at another character.

This is low angle shot. It shows anything below the eye line, looking up.

A high angle shot is usually when the camera angle is located above the eyeline.