Shot Sizes

.Close ups

Identify, express feelings, get to know someone, fine details

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.wides

establish area, capture large area

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.mids

body language, show more than one person, more personal

.establishing/super wide

establishes where we are in the world

.pans

follow a character, show more of an area

.over the shoulder

see more than one character, power difference, pov, interaction

.high\low shot

hierarchy, power struggle, over an edge, shows scale

.two shot

see more than one character, power difference, interaction

.tracking

follow something eg a character or prop

.tilts

pov, scale, hierarchy

.extreme close ups

.whip pans

Framing – where we put the frame, the border of the image.

Composition – where/how we place things within the frame, props, characters ect

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