Shot Types

• Shot reverse shot - Shot reverse shot is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character, and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that they are looking at each other.
• Panning - The rotation in a horizontal plane of a still camera or video camera.
• Over the shoulder - A shot of someone or something taken from the perspective or camera angle from the shoulder of another person.
• 180 degree rule - An imaginary line called the axis connects the characters and by keeping the camera on one side of this axis for every shot in the scene
• Match on action -  The editor cuts from one shot to another view that matches the first shot's action.
• Two shot - A shot in which the frame encompasses a view of two people
• Zoom - Allows a camera operator to change their focal length within a shot or quickly between setups for shots
• Medium shot - A medium shot is a camera angle shot from a medium distance.
• Close up -  a type of shot, which tightly frames a person or an object.
• Shot reverse shot - a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character (often off-screen), and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that they are looking at each other.
• Extreme wide shot - The view is so far from the subject that he isn't even visible. Often used as an establishing shot.
• Very wide shot - The subject is visible (barely), but the emphasis is still on placing him in his environment.
• Wide shot/Long shot - The subject takes up the full frame, or at least as much as comfortably possible.
• Extreme close up - The ECU gets right in and shows extreme detail.
• Cut-in - Shows some (other) part of the subject in detail.
• Cutaway - A shot of something other than the subject.
• Point of view - Shows a view from the subject's perspective.
• Weather shot - The subject is the weather. Can be used for other purposes, e.g. background for graphics.