Glossary of media terms

high angle looking down over

low angle looking up over

birdse eye view looking directly down

worms eye view looking directly up

canted(dutch) angle camera tilted slightly

pan moves left to right

whip pan moved quickly left or right

tilt camera tilts up/down

track/dolly camera follows subject

crane/mechanical camera follows subject from above

zoom camera zooms in

crash zoom camera zooms in very abruptly

steady cam camera follows subject (attatched to chest etc)

hand held held in hands

deep focus covering a variety of characters/figures

shallow focus covering a single character or fig-ure (not much shown)

pull focus focus shifts from back to fore-ground or vice versa

eyeline match showing that eyes match accu-rately

long shot full body

close up head

medium shot waist up

medium closeup head and shoulders

medium longshot knees up

extreme closup eyes

establishing shot shots of scenery to show location

point of view from a point of view