Shot Type Definition Shot Type Definition

Extreme Close-Up

A picture taken at extremely close range; for example, an extreme close-up of a face might show only an eye.

Mid-Shot In film, a medium shot is a camera shot from a medium distance

Close-UpA photograph or a film or television shot in which the subject is tightly framed and shown at a relatively large scale.

Long-Shot A shot including objects at a distance

Extreme Long Shot In the Extreme Long Shot also

known as the Wide Shot (WS), the subject is small in the overall image.

High angle The camera is placed above the plane of action being filmed and points downwards

Point of View a position from which someone or something is observed

Low angle is a shot from a camera positioned low

Editing – Technical terms and definitionsEditing – Technical terms and definitions

Term Definition Term Definition

DissolveSlow

motion

Cut 180rule

FadeContinuity

editing

WipeShot-

reverse shot

Superimpose

Jump Cut

Moving image unit - sound

Technical Term Meaning Example

Diegetic Sound

Non-diegetic sound

Sound bridge

Parallel sound

Contrapuntal Sound

CAMERA MOVEMENT

DESCRIPTION CAMERA MOVEMENT

DESCRITION

Panning Rolling

TrackingCrane Shot

Tilt High angle