Shot+Sizes

flat basic Camera shots =**How can you teach basic camera shots?** =

You can link reading to basic camera shots. Illustrations in books use the different types of shot described below.

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=Extreme Wide Shots = (EWS) Are used to establish the setting. Think landscapes or cityscapes.

=Wide Shots = (WS) Show the entire person or setting. They’re great for establishing the scene and allow for good action of the characters. Sometimes this is known as the long shot.

=Medium Shots = (MS) Frame the subject from the waste up. This is the most common shot and allows for hand gestures and motion.

=Medium Close Ups = (MCU) Show the subject in more detail and are often framed from just below the shoulders to the top of the head.

=<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Close Ups = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">(CU) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Show a particular part of your subject. For people this usually means the shot frames just the head.

=<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Extreme Close Ups = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">(ECU) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Are much tighter close-up shots in which you get detail greater than the human eye might be able to normally perceive. An example of this shot might be of the mouth and eyes together.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Adapted from the Website "Wild Classroom".