Camera Glossary

ANGLE

High Angle To show that the person has less power

Low Angle To show that the person has more power

Birds Eye View A view from the sky looking directly down

Canted Angle/Dutch Angle

Where the camera isn’t straight forward

Worms Eye View A view from the floor looking directly up

Movement

Pan –Static Camera The camera only move from side to side

Tilt The camera only moves up and down

Track/Dolly The camera is on a track and follows

moving action (running)

Crane/Mechanical Shot Used to get a high shot of the scene

Whip Pan A quick movement from left to right or

visa versa

Zoom In/Zoom Out The camera gets closer to its target/Gets

further away

Steadi Cam The camera shake

Hand Held The camera is in the hands of someone

Composition

Deep Focus Everything in the picture is

focused

Shallow Focus

Only the main parts of the scene are focused

Pull Focus Where the focus changes,

makes different things come

into focus

Eye Line Match

To make sure that the

characters eyes match up in

both dialogue scenes

Camera

Long Shot The scene is shot from a

distance

Close Up The scene is shot close up to a specific

point

Medium Shot In between a long and close up

Medium Close Up

In between a medium and

a close up

Medium Long Shot

In between a medium and

long shot

Extreme Close Up

A close up on an object or characters

face

Aerial Shot A camera shot from

above

Establishing Shot

A camera shot the

shows the area

Point of View Shot

The camera is from a persons

point of view

Over the Shoulder

To show that there are

two people in the scene

Two Shot A shot that includes two

people