Cinematography - The various camera shots

AERIAL SHOT

 A shot taken from an airborne device, generally while moving. The main source of light is behind the subject, silhouetting it, and directed toward the camera. 

ESTABLISHING SHOT

An ESTABLISHING shot is usually the first shot of a new scene, designed to show the audience where the action is taking place. It is usually a very wide shot or extreme wide shot.

HIGH/LOW ANGLE SHOT

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.Sometimes, it is even directly below the subject's feet. Psychologically, the effect of the low-angle shot is that it makes the subject 
look strong and powerful.

 HIGH-ANGLE shots can make the subject seem vulnerable or chicken when applied with the correct mood, setting, and effects. In film, they can make the scene more dramatic. If there is a person at high elevation who is talking to someone below them, this shot is often used.

HANDHELD SHOT

HANDHELD SHOT or hand-held camera is a video production technique in which a camera is held in hands as opposed to being on a tripod 

ARC SHOT




An ARC SHOT is a camera move around the subject, somewhat like a tracking shot. In mathematics, an arc is a segment of the circumference of a circle. A camera arc is similar, the camera moves in a rough semi-circle around the subject.

CLOSE UP/MEDIUM SHOT

A CLOSE-UP or closeup in film making, television production, still photography and the comic strip medium is a type of shot, which tightly frames a person or an object. Close-ups are one of the standard shots used regularly with medium shots and long shots.

In film, a MEDIUM SHOT, mid shot (MS), or waist shot is a camera angle shot from a medium distance.