basic camera skills

Extreme long shot or establishing shot - It is usually an exterior shot which creates time and location of the production. This is an important shot which is normally used at the beginning of the production so that it can present the audience with the setting and the storyline.

Long shot - this is a shot which usually follows an establishing shot which enables the audience to understand the relationship between the character and their enviroment. This shot provides the audience to see the character from head to toe.

Mid shot - This allows the audience to see the character from the waist up. This shot helps the audience to become more accustomed with the character and their motives in the storyline as it enables the audience to see the characters body language and facial expressions more clearly.

Two shot - This is a shot with two characters in the frame acknowledging the audience of the relationship between them and the action which they are both in.

Close up - This shot includes the characters head and shoulders in the frame with very little background. This shot is used so that the director can focus on the characters emotions and expressions at that time.

Point of view - a close up shot of a character works as a reference towards the point of view shot as the audience sees the characters view point of an object of significance or their view of the actions. This shot engages the audience of the characters motives.

Extreme close up - draws the audience further into the characters emotions as there is nothing else in the frame. This shot can be very deep for the audience as all the focus is put on one thing which makes it an unfamiliar view point. An extreme close up is usually focused on the characters eyes or an object of significance.