What the audience sees is restricted to what the camera reveals. The camera becomes our eyes and leads us to what the director wants to show us. |
Shots: establishing shot, master shot, close-up, mid-shot, long shot, wide shot, two-shot, aerial shot, point of view shot, over the shoulder shot, and variations of these.
Movement: pan, tilt, track, dolly, crane, steadicam, hand-held, zoom, reverse zoom.
Angle: high angle, low angle, canted angle.
Composition: framing, rule of thirds, depth of field – deep and shallow focus, focus pulls.
memory jogger: SMAC
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