Shot Variation KH

In film and TV the camera shots are used with movement to create a sequence of images. These shots include...

Framing...
-Extreme long shot - This shot is usually used at the beginning of a scene to set the scene and is usually an exterior such as outside a building where the scene is.
-Long shot - When a long shot is used the audience is focused on the characters in shot but enough of the background is shown. This category includes the full shot showing the entire human body, with the head near the top of the shot and the feet near the bottom.
-Medium shot - A medium shot contains a figure from the knees/waist up and is normally used for dialogue scenes, or to show a detail of action. Variations on this include the two shot or a three shot.
-Close up - This shows very little background, and concentrates on either a face, or a specific detail. This shot usually magnifies the object and is the core of the shot as background in the shot is usually blury
xtreme close up

Camera angles
-The bird's eye view - An extreme version of the close up, generally magnifying beyond what the human eye would experience in reality. An extreme close-up of a face, would show only the mouth or eyes, with no background detail whatsoever.
-High angle - The high angle is not so extreme as a bird's eye view. The camera is elevated above the action using a crane to give a general overview. High angles make the object photographed seem smaller, and less significant
-Eye level
-Low angle
-Oblique/Canted Angle

Camera movement
-Pans
-Tilts
-Dolly shot
-Hand held shot
-Crane shot
-Zoom lenses
-The Aerial Shot