Cinematography Shots and Angles Quiz

Camera Angles and Shots

• Full Screen Shot: A close-up shot of a subject's face, showing the entire face.
• Choker: A shot that frames the subject's face from above the eyebrows to below the mouth.
• Extreme Close Up: Emphasizes a small area or detail of the subject, such as eyes or mouth.

Shot Types

• Two Shot: A shot that encompasses two people, who don't have to be next to each other.
• Cut Away: An interruption of a continuous shot by inserting a shot of something else.
• Cut-In: Similar to a cut away, but shows a close-up shot of something visible in the main scene.
• Over the Shoulder: The camera is placed above the back of the shoulder and head of a subject, often used to show conversational back and forth between two subjects.

Perspective and Reaction

• Reverse Angle Shot: A shot taken from a 180-degree angle opposite to the previous shot.
• Reaction Shot: Shows a character's reaction to the shot that has preceded it.
• Point of View: An angle that shows what a character is looking at, without showing their reaction.

Camera Techniques

• Dutch Angle/Tilt: The camera is set at an angle on its roll axis, so that the horizon line is not level, used to show a disoriented or uneasy psychological state.
• Selective Focus: Blurring the background to focus on the foreground image.
• Eye-Level: The camera is placed at the same height as the viewer's eyes, stimulating standard human vision.

Angle and Orientation

• High Angle: The camera looks down on the subject from a high angle.
• Low Angle: The camera is positioned anywhere below the eyeline, pointing upward.
• Bird's Eye View: A direct overhead extreme long shot angle that looks down at the scene from a higher point.
• Worm's Eye View: A shot that looks up from the ground.