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SHOT TYPES

Aerial Shot

An exterior shot filmed from the air. Often used to establish a (usually exotic) location

Arc Shot

A shot in which the subject is circled by the camera.

Bridging Shot

A shot that denotes a shift in time or place, like a line moving across an animated map.

Close Up

A shot that keeps only the face full in the frame. Perhaps the most important building block in cinematic storytelling.

Medium Shot

The shot that utilises the most common framing in movies, shows less than a long shot, more than a close-up. Obviously.

Long Shot

A shot that depicts an entire character or object from head to foot. Not as long as an establishing shot. Aka a wide shot.

Deep Focus

A shot that keeps the foreground, middle ground and background ALL in sharp focus. 

Dolly Zoom

A shot that sees the camera track forward toward a subject while simultaneously zooming out creating a woozy, vertiginous effect.

cinematic equivalent of the phrase "Uh-oh".

Dutch Tilt

A shot where the camera is tilted on its side to create a kooky angle. Often used to suggest disorientation. 

Establishing Shot

The clue is in the name. A shot, at the head of the scene, that clearly shows the locale the action is set in. Often comes after the aerial shot. 

i will use this shot type in the opening point scene of our film for the handshake part, it will establish the deal made between the policeman and the criminal killer

Cut-In
Shows some (other) part of the subject in detail.

Point-of-View Shot (POV)
Shows a view from the subject's perspective.

(OSS) Over-the-Shoulder Shot
Looking from behind a person at the subject.

ECU (Extreme Close Up)
gets right in and shows extreme detail.

i will use this shot type when the muted monolouge is going on between the police man and the criminal, it will switch between both characters following the 180 degree rule

i will use this shot type for the eye portion of this opening scene, it needs to be in the best quality detaail showing the whole eye, this shot type is the best thing to grasp all of the detail needed to make this work

i will use this shot type when the criminal is running on the path in the park, the camera wont be still the whole time as the character is running, it will be very imperfect and shakey but clear enough for the audience to see whats going on

i will use this shot type when the handshake occurs between the police man and the criminal, it will show the reaching of the hands then switch to a side on fully establishing this corrupt deal

i might use this shot type to fill up some of the spaces in the opening scene if we dont manage to get or complete the more difficult shots we have and the establishing shots would just be of the city and maybe even the escape routes and things (they would replace the areial shots and the crying shot because those are the most difficult ones to excute)

i will use this shot when the subjects are lined up taking their mug shots, it will highlight all of their facial expressions one by one

i will use this shot type when the subjects are lining up for their mug shots. you will be able to see their numbers

i will use this shot type when the criminal is running in the park, it would be between the trees and you see the character run across

i will use this shot type right before the criminal runs through the park establishing the route (it will only be quick e.g 2-3 seconds)

i will use this when the criminal runs through the park, (exampple on the screenplay)

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