Media GlossaryHigh Angle In film, a high angle shot is usually when

the camera angle is located above the eye line.

Low Angle In cinematography a low-angle shot, is a shot from a camera angle positioned low on the vertical axis, anywhere below the eye line, looking up.

Birds Eye View A bird's-eye view is an elevated view of an object from above, with a perspective as though the observer were a bird,

Worms Eye View A worm's-eye view is a view of an object from below, as though the observer were a worm; the opposite of a bird's-eye view.

Canted/ Dutch Angle

The Dutch angle, also known as Dutch tiltcanted angle, oblique angle or German angle, is a type of camera shot where the camera is set at an angle on its roll axis so that the shot is composed with vertical lines at an angle to the side of the frame, or so that the horizon line of the shot is

not parallel with the bottom of the camera frame.

Pan In photography, panning refers to the rotation in a horizontal plane of a still camera or video camera.

Tilt Tilting is a cinematographic technique in which the camera is stationary and rotates in a vertical plane(or tilting plane).

Track/Dolly  Camera dolly is a specialised piece of filmmaking and television production equipment designed to create smooth camera movements (cinematic techniques).

Crane/Mechanical Shot

In filmmaking and video production, a crane shot is a shot taken by a camera on a crane or jib.

Steadi-Cam Steadi-cam is a brand of stabilizer mountfor motion picture cameras that mechanically isolates it from the operator's movement.

Zoom/Reverse Zoom

Steadi-cam is a brand of stabilizer mountfor motion picture cameras that mechanically isolates it from the operator's movement.

Crash Zoom Crash zoom. An extremely fast zoom in, usually done with the manual zoom

Hand held Shaky camera, shaky cam, queasy cam, queasicam, hand-held camera or camera is a cinematographic technique where stable-image techniques are purposely dispensed with

Deep Focus Deep focus is a photographic and cinematographic technique using a large depth of field.

Shallow Focus Shallow focus is a photographic and cinematographic technique incorporating a small depth of field

Pull Focus A focus puller, or 1st assistant camera, is a member of a film crew’s camera department whose primary responsibility is to maintain image sharpness on whatever subject or action is being filmed.

Rule of Thirds 1. The rule of thirds is applied by aligning a subject with the guide lines and their intersection points, placing the horizon on the top or bottom line, or allowing linear features in the image to flow from section to section.

Eye line match An eye line match is a film editing technique associated with the continuity editing system.

Long Shot In photography, filmmaking and video production, a long shot (sometimes referred to as a full shot or a wide shottypically shows the entire object or human figure and is usually intended to place it in some relation to its surroundings.

Close Up A close-up or close-up in filmmaking,photography and the comic strip medium is a type of shot, which tightly framesperson or an object

Medium Shot In film, a medium shot is a camera angle shot from a medium distance.

Medium Close up Half way between a MS and a CU.

Medium Long Shot

Medium Long Shot (MLS). Also known as a three-quarters shot. Frames the whole subject from the knees up.

Extreme Close Up The shot is so tight that only a detail of the subject, such as someone's eyes, can be seen.

Aerial Shot Aerial shots are usually done with a crane or with a camera attached to a special helicopter to view large landscapes.

Establishing Shot An establishing shot in filmmaking and television establishes the context for a scene by showing the relationship between its important figures and objects.

Point Of View Shot

 Point of view shot (also known as POV shot or a subjective camera) is a shortscene that shows what a character (the subject) is looking at (represented through the camera).

Over The Shoulder Shot

In film or video an over the shoulder shot is a shot of someone or something taken from the perspective or camera angle from the shoulder of another person

Two Shot A two shot is a type of shot employed in the film industry in which the frame encompasses a view of two people.