| Name of shot (abbreviation) | description of shot in relation to subject | use in storytelling |
| extreme close up | parts of the face e.g eyes taking up the frame | gets inside the head of the character |
| close up (cu) | whole face takes up the frame | reveals characters emotional state |
| medium close up | head and shoulders in the frame | |
| low angle shot(LA)/ high angle shot(HA) | | |
| extreme long shot | only scenery in view cannot make out individual people | used as an establishing shot |
| medium shot (MS) | one or two people in frame from Waist height. sometimes taken from over the shoulder from one character (OSS) | often used as a master shot/ two shot/ shot-reverse for conversations |
| pan/tilt | | mimics a character looking round the scene |
| track (steady cam / handheld) | camera follows a subject by moving along with them. | |
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