Filming Techiques

Techniques	Definitions	Examples
Establishing Shot	It is generally a long or extreme-long shot at the beginning of a scene indicating where, and sometimes when, the remainder of the scene takes place
Extreme long shot	An extreme long shot is a view from an even greater distance, in which people appear as small dots in the landscape
Long shot	In film, a view of a scene that is shot from a considerable distance, so that people appear as indistinct shapes.
Mid Shot	In film, a medium shot, mid shot (MS), or waist shot is a camera angle shot from a medium distance
Close up	A close-up or closeup in filmmaking, television production, still photography and the comic strip medium is a type of shot, which tightly frames a person or an object.
Extreme close up	Extreme Close Up ("ECU" or "XCU"): The shot is so tight that only a detail of the subject, such as someone's eyes, can be seen. Lean-In: when the juxtaposition of shots in a sequence, usually in a scene of dialogue, starts with medium or long shots, for example, and ends with close-ups.
POV shot	A point of view shot (also known as POV shot, First-person shot or a subjective camera) is a short film scene that shows what a character (the subject) is looking at (represented through the camera). ... The technique of POV is one of the foundations of film editing.
Over the shoulder shot	In film or video, an over the shoulder shot (also over shoulder, ab tu, OTS, or third-person shot) is a shot of someone or something taken from the perspective or camera angle from the shoulder of another person
Birds eye view	A bird's-eye view is an elevated view of an object from above, with a perspective as though the observer were a bird, often used in the making of blueprints, floor plans and maps. It can be an aerial photograph, but also a drawing
Low Angle	a photograph or film sequence taken from below the subject.
High Angle	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."
Tracking	A tracking shot is any shot where the camera moves alongside the object(s) it is recording. In cinematography, the term refers to a shotin which the camera is mounted on a camera dolly that is then placed on rails – like a railroad track. The camera is then pushed along the track while the image is being filmed.
Panning	to photograph or televise while rotating a camera on its vertical or horizontal axis in order to keep a moving person or object in view or allow the film to record a panorama : to pan from one end of the playing field to the other during the opening of the football game.
Zoom	Zooming in filmmaking and television production refers to the technique of changing the focal length of a zoom lens (and hence the angle of view) during a shot – this technique is also called a zoom
Fade	In the post-production process of film editing and video editing, a dissolve is a gradual transition from one image to another. The terms fade-out (also called fade to black) and fade-in are used to describe a transition to and from a blank image
Wipe	A wipe is a type of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape