Examples of shot types

Shot Types



 

· Extreme Close up shot

This is where the shot is shown to a large scale, in fine detail and tightly framed. For example:

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·         Close up

This is where the photograph focuses on eg a person’s head. Close-ups are useful for showing detail for example it could emphasize a persons emotional state/ make up detail or the colours and textures of a flower head. Whereas a mid shot is more overall detail.

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·         Medium shot

A medium shot is taken in middle distance allowing some of the background in the shot

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·         Long shot

Is the full length of the photo that the shot is focusing on, which enables the full image of the picture to be displayed. For example:

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·         Pan shot

This is where the camera is static but moves slightly to the right, this enables the shot to have a wider range. Pan shot contains two distance shots both left and right in one picture. For example my own image:

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·         Tracking shot

This is the opposite as the camera moves. The camera is on a track so the shot will be smooth, clear and precise. However if the camera was handheld the shot/picture could be blurred and the subject been filmed could be distorted. So a tracking shot will also have a better picture as the shot would remain in focus. For example:

 

•    Tilt shot

Tilt shot is where the camera angle looks up or down at the object being photographed, instead of being on the same level. Tilt shots are use normally for more dramatic than straight-angle shots.

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·         Zip pan
Is a rapid pan movement.

·     Shallow dept of field shot    
(For example a scary film) The focus is on the phone when it rings and the person is out of focus. Then the focus switches from the person been blurred to the phone be out of focus, which creates a dramatic tension.

·         Contra zoom
Is when the lens moves but the camera is static. So the background changes but is out of focus. Contra zoom creates a shock/surprise 

·         Rule of thirds
This is when the point of interest goes on the thirds, for example: