MCAMERA MOVEMENTFIELD MANUAL

LEARNING VOLUME · 02

Shot & Coverage

Shot & Coverage lessons with original diagrams, production steps, common mistakes, and exercises.

  1. 01

    Close-up

    A close-up frames a person from roughly the shoulders to the top of the head, or isolates a comparably small detail.

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  2. 02

    Medium shot

    A medium shot commonly frames a person from the waist to the top of the head.

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  3. 03

    Wide shot

    A wide or long shot shows a person’s full body with some surrounding area.

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  4. 04

    Extreme wide shot

    An extreme wide shot shows a large surrounding area; a person may appear small or may be absent.

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  5. 05

    Over-the-shoulder shot

    An over-the-shoulder shot shows two people with one person framed beyond the shoulder or back of the other.

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  6. 06

    Point-of-view shot

    A point-of-view shot is recorded from the position where a character is looking and shows what that character would see.

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  7. 07

    Establishing shot

    An establishing shot presents a broadly complete view of a scene’s space, usually near the beginning of the scene.

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  8. 08

    Master shot

    A master shot records all actors and the scene’s action from start to finish in one broad view.

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