- Extreme Close Up
- Big Close Up
- Close Up
- Medium Close up
- Mid Shot
- Medium Long Shot
- Long Shot
- Very Long Shot
- Low Angle
- High Angle
- Two Shot
- Tilted Frame
- Over The Shoulder Shot
Extreme Close Up - This tend to focus on one particular feature of the face (mainly the Eye/s)
Close Up - This shows very little background, and concentrates on either a face, or a specific detail of mise en scène
Mid Shot - Contains a figure from the knees/waist up and is normally used for dialogue scenes, or to show some detail of action
Two/Three Shot - Usually a Mid Shot containing 2/3 people. Anymore and the shot normally becomes a Long Shot
Over The Shoulder - A Mid Shot positions the camera behind one figure, revealing the other figure, and part of the first figure's back, head and shoulder
Long Shot - includes the FULL SHOT showing the entire human body, with the head near the top of the frame and the feet near the bottom
Very Long Shot - Shot from a very far distance! Little detail is visible, usually used as a scene opener or to show a large crowd of people at a concert (Could be used for Magazine double spread?)
Low Angle - The Camera is positioned towards the floor looking up at person, tends to give people more height, and give a sense of speeded motion to a picture
High Angle - Camera positioned above image to make it seem smaller and perhaps less important
Tilt Angle - Camera is positioned at a slight angle for some desired effect
When thinking which camera angle to use for my photography, I must also consider Mis en Scéne (everything in the shot). This is very important when considering which shot to use for my front cover and double page spread of my final magazine article. If i chose the wrong type of image, it could reflect the wrong sense of what i wanted to put across as a point.
