Camera Shots

• Extreme Long Shot (ELS) - Establishing Shot (ES) - This shot is to show the panaramic view of an exterior location. This shot is generally used at the start of a film to establish the location of the scene/film. If there are people in this shot they will be very small figures in relation to other objects in the scene i.e. a large building/
• Long Shot (LS) - This is similar to an (ELS) but just zoomed in. You can still see a persons whole figure but they are closer to the camera and they are shown larger in relation to the surroundings. This can also be used as ELS.
• Medium Long Shot (MLS) - In this shot you can still see the whole character but in a lot more detail to the previous 2 shots. Although you cant see as much as the background in this shot it still retains the setting quite clearly in the mise-en-scene-
• Medium Shot (MS) - Again this is similar to the previous shots as you can still see a good deal of the background but this time you can only see roughly from the knees or waist to the top of the head
• Medium Close Up (MCU) -  This shot is quite a lot closer to the person in this shot. You can only their mid-chest up to the top of the head. You can see a quite a lot of detail of the character in this shot. MCU is usually used on people in a conversaion.
• Close Up (CU) - A close up shot shows the head and shoulders of a person to the top of their head. This shot is very detailed of the persons face on screen. This shot is generally used to show someones emotions, feelings and reactions.
• Extreme Close Up (ECU) - This shot just shows someones face so you can really tell the emotions, feeling and reactions of a character. This shot can build up tension for great dramatic effect