School media work on shots

1. DIFFERENT SHOTS
Media Studies – Peter Fleetwood

2. Establishing Shot
Establishes the location, so you can
instantly tell where it is, and what type of
time period.

3. Wide Shot
Shows a large proportion of the setting/scene,
perhaps suggesting that something in view will
become significant at some point. Gives us more
information about possible feelings of characters.

4. Close Up
Shows emotions

5. Extreme Close Up
Intense feels

6. Medium Shot
Usually from waist upwards, it shows us the
scene/character in more detail. For example, we see
that he is holding a napkin.

7. Point Of View (POV)
Shows a characters point of view, and makes
you feel more involved

8. Over the Shoulder
Makes you feel involved in the scene, similar to
a pov. Showing different layers (background
and foreground) makes the shot more
interesting

9. Two Shot
Shows two people, often similar to a
medium shot.

10. Shot Reverse Shot
Showing a conversation between two
or more people so that the flow of the
camera is natural as if we were
taking part in the conversation.

11. High Angle and Low Angle
Makes the characters look
powerful
Makes the characters look
smaller and weak