Basic Media Terminology:

1: Basic Camera Shots include:

• establishing shot.
• mid shot.
•  close up shot.
• long distance shot.
• extreme close up shot.
• point of view shot.
• two shot.

2: Basic Camera Angles include:

• over the shoulder.
• high angle.
• low angle.
• reverse angle.

3: Basic Camera Movements include:

• panning.
• tracking in.
• tracking out.
• tilt.
• arc.
• crane.
• tracking sideways (crab)

4: The 180 degree rule is a cinematography guideline that states that two characters in a scene should maintain the same left/right relationship to one another. When the camera passes over the invisible axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line and the shot becomes what is called a reverse angle.

Long Shot.

Long Shot.

Close Up Shot.

Establishing Shot.