Camera Angle, Shot, Movement and Position.

Establishing Shot:
Sets the scene and shows the proxemics of the main characters or objects


Master Shot:
Same as the Establishing shot except the shot is returned to when ever spatial awareness needs to be re-established.


Close-up (& variations):
Where the frame contains a large object eg. a persons head


Long Shot:
Where the subject is the same height as the screen.


Wide Shot:
A shot covering a wide angle


High Angle:
Position of the frame is above the subject looking down


Low Angle:
Position of the frame is low and looking up at the subject


Aerial Shot:
Birds-eye-view


Point of view:
The camera is placed where the character eyes appear to be looking. Showing what the character would see.


Two-Shot:
Two figures within a frame


Pan:
The camera moving left or right in a horizontal fashion.


Crane:
Camera is above the ground and able to move around the air.


Tilt:
Same as the Pan it's just it goes up and down in a vertical fashion.

Tracking Shot:
Camera on tracks. Able to move forward through the space, backward or laterally


Dolly:
The support wheels so that you can achieve a tracking shot.


Zoom/reverse zoom:
A close up from a long shot or the other way around.


Framing:
The edges of the film frame to select and compose what will be on screen.

Composition:
The arrangement within the frame

Hand-held:
Camera supported by the camera man themselves.


Steadicam:
A gyroscopically balanced body rig patented by Steadicam which a camera can be attached to, to generate smooth hand-held shots.


Things that are vital to know.