Shot SizesBy Natasja and Elena

XLSExtreme long shot (aka Establishing shot) is the shot where the subject is furthest away from the camera, showing the background/location.

Example: American Horror Story Season 1, Episode 1: Murder House, very beginning of the show.

LS

Long Shot is a shot which shows all or most of a fairly large subject and usually most of their surroundings.

Example:Supernatural Season 10 episode 22: The Prisoner.

MLS

Medium Long Shot is a shot where the lower frame cuts off the characters ankles and/or feet.

Example:Guardians of the Galaxy when Star Lord is looking sexy (best part of the film)

MS

A medium shot is a shot when the subject/actor and its setting occupy equal areas in the frame. The lower frame usually passes through the waist.

Example:Supernatural Season 5 episode 3- Free to be you and me

MCU

Medium Close Up is a shot where the setting can still be seen, but the lower frame passes through the chest of the actor/actors.

Example:Supernatural an episode with Cas that was after season 4 cause that’s when he showed up

CU

Close up is a shot that shows a fairly small part of the scene in great detail so it fills the screen

Example:Supernatural an episode with Cas that was after season 4 cause that’s when he showed up

BCU

Big Close Up is a shot that only shows the forehead and the chin, it emphasises a character’s feelings and reactions. It would be very unlikely to see much background in this shot.

Example:Supernatural an episode with Cas that was after season 4 cause that’s when he showed up

XCUExtreme Close Shot is a shot that focuses on one body part (eye, mouth, hand, foot etc. etc.) you will never see any landscape in these shots.

Example:Supernatural Season 1 episode 21- salvation

Shot AnglesBy Elena and Natasja

Low Angle

Low angle Shot is an angle positioned low on the vertical axis, looking up. The effect makes the subject look strong and powerful

Example:An episode of supernatural which we cannot remember.

Eye-Level Angle

An Eye Level Angle is the apparent distance and angle from which the camera views/records the subject

Example:Doctor who silence in the library

High Angle

A High Angle is when the camera looks down at the subject making the viewer feel more powerful than him/her.

Example:Hugo (2011)

Worm’s eye angle

Example:Supernatural Season 1 Episode 1, pilot

A Worm’s Eye Angle is a view seen from below or from a humble position

Canted Angle

A canted angle is when the camera is tilted on it’s axis so that normal vertical lines appear imbalanced

Example:Iron Man (2008)

Bird’s Eye Angle

A birds eye angle is an elevated view of something from down below

Example:Two stick figures fighting (probably from a YouTube video)

Camera movements

B y Natlena

Panning Shots

Panning shots typically give a panoramic effect or follow the subject

Example:Peter Pan (1953)

Crab Shots

Crab shots usually mean that the camera move left or right

Example: Game of Thrones

Track Shots

Tracking shot divert the attention from the edges of the screen, the speed might effect the viewers mood

Example:Chris Pratt in Magnificent 7

Zoom Shots

Zooming shots mean that the camera doesn’t move and the lens is focussed down from a long shot to a close up

Example:Chris Pratt in Guardians of the Galaxy

Ped Shots

Ped shots means moving the camera vertically with respect to the subject

Example:Brendon Urie in Girls/Girls/Boys

Tilt Shots

Tilt shots is a vertical movement of the camera while the camera mounting stays fixed

Example:Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Inception