Camera Shots and Angles

Camera shots and angles terminologly is vital within the media industry when producing items of media such as television shows or films, the terms I have used below are recognised by the BBC but may be slightly different elsewhere but generally they are quite universal. Here are some shots and angles that I have taken using a friend within the surrounding area of school, however the extreme long shot and the birds eye angle shot is taken from the internet as I could not find appropriate cicrumstances to create an effective shot.

ELS (Extreme Long Shot)- Otherwise called an establishing shot, used to introduce surroundings to the audience.

LS (Long Shot)- shows a subjects entire body from head to toe.

MS (Mid Shot)- this shot shows subjects from the waist upwards and is the most common camera shot as it focuses on the important parts of the subject.

CU (Close Up)- a close up of the important part of the subject, usually the face showing the persons emotions.

BCU (Big Close Up)- otherwise known as extreme close up it is used to show a specific part of the subject in detail.

Low Angle Shot- used to make something look bigger or more prominent due to the low angle of the camera.

High Angle Shot- the opposite to low angle shot the camera is located higher up at an angle looking down to make the subject look small and powerless.

Birds Eye View Shot- a shot taken from high up looking down on a scene used to show a surveillance style shot.

Worms Eye View Shot- opposite to birds eye view, camera is at ground level looking up at a subject to give it a powerful appearence.