Film Study

An __________ shot is an extreme long shot that establishes the location in which the scene takes place.

A(n) _________ shot shows all or most of the subject being filmed. We use this shot when we need to see the characters and what they are doing in their environment.

In a ___________ shot, roughly half of the subject fills the frame

In a __________ shot, the camera seems very close, so that only the subject’s head and shoulders fill the frame.

In a(n) __________, the focus is on one enlarged detail such as an eye, or a finger on the trigger of a gun.

• EXTREME CLOSE-UP SHOT

• OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT

• CLOSE-UP SHOT

• POINT-OF-VIEW SHOT

A point-of-view shot...

• encourages the viewer to empathise with the character

• shows what one of the characters is looking at

• is when the camera is positioned behind one character and facing another, so that the shoulder and back of the one character are facing the audience

• is a measure of how much of the shot is in focus

The eye-level angle...

• is the most common angle.

• is shot with the camera positioned at the same height as the subject.

• is an emotionally neutral angle.

• is an arial shot taken from directly above.

The high angle shot...

• is shot with the camera placed physically higher than the subject.

• is shot with the camera looking down.

• is used to make the subject appear weak, vulnerable or threatened.

• is used to make the subject appear powerful or threatening

The low-angle shot...

• is often shot using a helicopter, plane or drone.

• is generally an emotionally neutral angle.

• is used to make the subject appear powerful or threatening.

• None of the above

When panning...

• the camera stays in a fixed position, moves horizontally from side to side.

• the camera stays in a fixed position but moves vertically, ‘looking’ up or down.

• the camera (often on tracks) moves with action.