English Camera Shots

Camera Shots

Establishing shot	An establishing shot is usually the first shot of a new scene.
Extreme long shot	In film, a view of a scene that is shot from a considerable distance, so that people appear as indistinct shapes.
Long Shot	In photography, filmmaking and video production, along shot, sometimes referred to as a full shot or, and to remove ambiguity, wide shot.
Mid Shot	A shot taken at a medium distance.
Close up	Close-ups are one of the standard shots used regularly with medium shots and long shots.
Extreme close up	The shot is so tight that only a detail of the subject, such as someone's eyes, can be seen.
POV shot	A point of view shot also known as POV shot, First-person shot or a subjective camera, is a short film scene that shows what a character, the subject is looking at, represented through the camera.
Over the shoulder shot	In film or video, an over the shoulder shot also over shoulder or third-person shot is a shot of someone or something taken from the perspective or camera angle from the shoulder of another person.
Birds eye view	A general view from above.
Low angle	A photograph or film sequence taken from below the subject.
High angle	A high-angle shot is a cinematic technique where the camera looks down on the subject from a high angle.
Tracking	A tracking shot is any shot where the camera moves alongside the objects it is recording.
Panning	A panning shot is a photograph or televise while rotating a camera on its vertical or horizontal axis in order to keep a moving person or object in view or allow the film to record a panorama
Zoom	Zooming in filmmaking and television production refers to the technique of changing the focal length of a zoom lens.
Fade	fade shot in golf is a shot in which the golf ball curves gently to the right for a right-handed golfer during its flight
Wide	A  longshot sometimes referred to as a full shot or, and to remove ambiguity, wide shot typically shows the entire object, or human figure and is usually intended to place it in some relation to its surroundings.