Shot Types

Shot Types

Wide shot (WS): establish content. 

Long Shot (LS): headroom, foot room

Medium Long shot (MLS): From the knees upwards leaving headroom

Photo was meant to be here? where did it go?

Mid Shot (MS): Waist upwards leaving headoom

Mid Close Up (MCU: Armpits upward with headroom

Close Up (CU): Collar bone upward headroom/no headroom cut head for preference

Big Close Up (BCU): from chin upward, cut top of head 

Extreme Close Up (EXU)