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  2. Camera angle - Wikipedia

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    A high-angle (HA) shot is a shot in which the camera is physically higher than the subject and is looking down upon the subject. The high angle shot can make the subject look small or weak or vulnerable while a low-angle (LA) shot is taken from below the subject and has the power to make the subject look powerful or threatening. A neutral shot ...

  3. Cinematic techniques - Wikipedia

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    Over the shoulder shot A shot where the camera is placed above the back of the shoulder and head of a subject. This shot is most commonly used to present conversational back and forth between two subjects. With the camera placed behind one character, the shot then frames the sequence from the perspective of that character Pan

  4. High-angle shot - Wikipedia

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    A high-angle shot from Big Buck Bunny Example of high-angle shot in photography. A high-angle shot is a cinematic technique where the camera looks down on the subject from a high angle and the point of focus often gets "swallowed up". [1] High-angle shots can make the subject seem vulnerable or powerless when applied with the correct mood ...

  5. Shot (filmmaking) - Wikipedia

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    the full shot, where the entirety of the subject is just visible within the frame, the medium-long shot, where the frame ends near the knees, the medium shot, where the frame stops either just above or just below the waist, the medium close-up, where more of the shoulder is visible than in the close-up, the close-up, where the shoulder line is ...

  6. Over-the-shoulder shot - Wikipedia

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    The over-the-shoulder shot (OTS or short over) is a camera angle used in film and television, where the camera is placed above the back of the shoulder and head of a subject. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This shot is most commonly used to present conversational back and forth between two subjects.

  7. Glossary of motion picture terms - Wikipedia

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    Also one-shot cinema, one-take film, single-take film, continuous-shot film, or oner. A feature-length motion picture filmed in one long, uninterrupted take by a single camera, or edited in such a way as to give the impression that it was. opening credits (for a film) opening shot (for a scene) over cranking over the shoulder shot (OTS)

  8. 180-degree rule - Wikipedia

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    If a shot following an earlier shot in a sequence is located on the opposite side of the 180-degree line, then it is called a "reverse cut". Reverse cuts disorient the viewer by presenting an opposing viewpoint of the action in a scene and consequently altering the perspective of the action and the spatial orientation established in the ...

  9. Jib (camera) - Wikipedia

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    A jib can be used for getting high or low shots which are difficult for a hand-held camera operator to get, or shots which need to move a short distance horizontally or vertically, without the expense and safety issues of putting a camera operator on a crane for a crane shot or laying track for a camera dolly. A jib can even be mounted on a ...