Camera shots

we covered several different kind of angles which are used by professional Filmer's and armature's for all different kinds of situations, for example, a long shot may be to give the perspective of someone being on there own or standing out from a crowd, it may give the effect of someone looking through binoculars or the sight on a rifle. here is a list of all shots other than long shots and their uses:

• establishing shot: one or more of theses shots are often used in the opening of a scene to show the setting, the characters in the scene.
  
• Medium shot: a shot which is neither extremely close up or far away, it is the most often used shot, also known as a normal shot.
  
• close up: a close up shot is usually used on the face of a person to show someones reaction to something, for example a woman's reaction to being proposed to.
  
• a point of view shot: this is used to show the surroundings through a characters eyes. a brilliant example of this is the opening scene to Saving private Ryan. the scene involves several shots through a hand held camera as the soldiers progress up the beach.
  
• two shot: this is a shot in which there are two people placed in the frame.
  

• Titled shot: a shot with a title featured in it, usually placed in the centre of the shot.
  

we also covered the following concepts of camera angles:

• zoom: to zoom in closer to the subject of a shot or to zoom away from it
  
• pan: to follow a subject across the scene and move the camera in accordance.
  
• tracking: a single camera shot lasting as the camera moves along a set out track
  
• hand held: a camera which is held like a basic home camera, also used in saving private Ryan.