Camera Angles

Extreme Close-Up - This shot is very close up to the face. It shows the characters facial expressions. This shot is very intense and personal.

Close-Up - This shot is of the face. It allows us to also see facial expressions. It gives us the identity of the character. It is used in a lot of romantic films.

Medium Close-Up - This shot is of the face and shoulders. It allows us to see what they are wearing and the background. This shot establishes the character. 

Mid-Shot - The mid shot is the top half of the character. It lets us see what they are wearing and the outline of them. It also lets us see if they are holding props and if so what the props are.

Medium long shot - A Medium Long Shot is of hole body. It shows you more of what the character is wearing and more of the background. It also shows their posture. 

Long Shot or Wide Shot - This shot is far away from the character. It lets the the audience see all of the character from head to toe. This shot also lets you see the surroundings that the character is in.




High Angle-Shot - This shot is a very intimidating and makes the character look vulnerable. It is a birds eye  shot looking down on the character. The shot makes the character look small.

Low Angle-Shot - This shot makes the character look bigger. It makes the character look powerful. It is taken from below the character.

2-Shot - This is contains to characters. It is a shot usually to introduce another character and the relationship going on between them.





3-Shot - This shot enables us to see all 3 characters. It introduces another character and can show a group conversation.




Over the shoulder-shot - This shot is usually used in conversation between two or three people. It allows you to see both characters whilst one is speaking. The character you can properly see is usually the one speaking at that point.




The research I have carried out on camera angles will help me when I am constructing my practical work.

I will use some of these camera angles in my work when constructing storyboards.