Shot Types

My group decided to do some research into different types of shot that are commonly used in films and to see if they could give us any ideas for shot types to use in our film piece.

This is an image of Long Shot and it is looking down a long corridor. Long shots are mainly used when showing the whole body of a person, e.g. from head to toe. It shows the audience more in the scene and giving them a bigger image.











This is an image of an Extreme Long Shot and it is looking into a large field. These shots are mostly used as an establishing shot at the start of the film to give the audience a sense of the locations which the film is set in and maybe a hint to what type of genre the film may be.

This is an image of a medium shot. They are mostly used when showing what a person looks like, it is a shot where it is from the below the shoulders and up.

 

This is an image of a close up. They are mostly used to show the emotion and/or any reaction they are having and you can see it on the persons face. They also can be used when doing a close up on a object to see what it is.

 This is an image of a birds eye view shot. It gives an elevtaed or aerial view or the object, it gives a perception as you are looking from a birds perspective. It mostly used when giving shots or buildings or a over view of a location, it allows the viewer to see what type of location the film will be set in.

 
 This a extreme close-up. These types of shots are used to intensify one certain feature of something, wether it be part of the body or a part of an object.

 

 This is an low angle shot. They mostly used to show how powerful someone is, it can make the viewer or the charcter feel small as the other person is above them and is seen as powerful and mighty.

 

 
 This is an image of a over the shoulder shot. They are mostly used in films when two people are having a conversation. They are used to show one of the persons expression of their face throughout the conversation.

This is a point of view shot. These types of shots are used in the charcaters point of view. It allows the audience to see what it is like through the charcaters eyes, it could give teh audience a chance to know what it is like to be that character.















This is an high angle shot. These types of shots are mostly used in films when the film is trying to portray someone as being small or weak. it can make the scenes more dramatic as it seems there is someone who is seen as weak to someone who is seen as strong.