Long Shot (LS): a relative term, a shot taken from a sufficient distance to show a landscape, a building, or
a large crowd
Medium Shot (MS): also relative, a shot between a long shot and a close-up that shows people from the
waist up
Close-up (CU): a shot of a face or object that fills the screen completely
Extreme Close-up (ECU): a shot of a small object or a part of a face that fills the screen

Bird's Eye View: the camera is placed directly above the action being photographed
High Angle (h/a): the camera looks down at what is being photographed
Low Angle (l/a): the camera looks up at what is being photographed
Oblique Angle: the frame is tilted laterally on its axis

Pan: the camera moves horizontally on a fixed base
Tilt: the camera points up or down from a fixed base
Tracking (Dolly) Shot: the camera moves through space on a wheeled truck (or dolly), but stays in the same plane
Boom: the camera moves up or down through space
Zoom: not a camera movement, but a shift in the focal length of the camera lens to give the impression that the camera is getting closer to or farther from an object

Cut: the most common type of transition in which one scene ends and a new one immediately begins
Fade-out/Fade-in: one scene gradually goes dark and the new one gradually emerges from the darkness
Dissolve: a gradual transition in which the end of one scene is superimposed over the beginning of the a new one
Wipe: an optical effect in which one shot appears to "wipe" the preceding one from the screen. Special wipes include flip wipes, iris wipes, star wipes, etc.

Voice-over narration, dialogue, sound effects, and music

Paige Mayhew OWP 2000