Shot sizes

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Establishing shot -                                    

Establishing shot is a wide shot that tells the audience where the location of the characters are or just shows the audience where the location is. This an example of an Establishing shot from the day after tomorrow. 

Master shot - 

A master shot is were all the characters are in one shot and then filmed in one motion which can be cut and then a significant thing in the scene can be shown this can be a object or a person. Here's a freeze frame from Season 2 of the umbrella academy showing the use of a master shot

Two shot - 

A two shot is where there’s two people in a scene who are most likely in conversation. But also can be either arguing, kissing etc its also used to show dramatic tension between two characters. This is a example of a two shot between peter parker and Mary jane in Spiderman. 

OTS shot -

 The over the shoulder shot is used when two people are in a argument or confrontational situation or even just a conversation. This gives the audience a more intimate connection with the characters. The example shown here is from Batman, here you can see Batman and the Joker having a conversation you can see this by the use of the ots shot.

Low angle shot -

 The low angle shot is when the camera is lower than the character waist and pointed upwards towards their face this makes the characters look powerful because they are higher up and looking down on the audience.

Close up shot -

 A close up shot, is a shot which is used to capture a characters face, they might do a close up shot to show emotion. This is a close up shot in the film the shining.

wide shot - 

A wide shot is a shot used to show the subject and the surrounding's , it also shows the audience who's in the scene and where the scene is set. Here's an example from the film Martian.

Extreme wide shot - 

An Extreme wide shot is where the camera is so far away the audience cant see the actors on screen, the use of the EWS is to indicate that the actors are somewhere on screen, its also used when action is very spread out. Heres an example of an EWS in star wars.