cinematography

SHOT TYPES & COVERAGE

The term “coverage” refers to the variety of shots you use to visually tell your story.

Establishing Shot

Meet Me in St. Louis

Wide Shot (WS)

Fanny & Alexander

Full Shot

Sex and the City

Two Shot (2-Shot)

The Royal Tenenbaums

Ordinary People

Cowboy Shot

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Over-the-Shoulder Shot (OTS)

When Harry Met Sally

Medium Shot (MS)

Silver Linings Playbook

Close-up Shot (CU)

Good Will Hunting

Extreme Close-up Shot (ECU)

The Grey

Clean Single vs. Dirty Single

Rumble Fish

Amour

Insert Shots vs. Cutaway Shots

The Royal Tenenbaums

The King’s Speech

SHOT TYPES & CAMERA DISTANCE

THE KING’S SPEECH (2010, DIRECTOR TOM HOOPER)

Extreme long shot (XLS) – can also be an establishing shot

Long shot (LS)

Medium long shot (MLS)

Medium shot (MS)

Close-up (CU)

Medium close-up (MCU)

Extreme close-up (ECU)

CAMERA ANGLES High, low, overhead, POV

Consider the choice of low angle camera placement in this scene from Psycho (Hitchcock, 1960). What is the narrative function of this choice of camera angle?