Camera shots/angles

Extreme Close-up

Honing in on objects of particular interest, sometimes in grisly detail, "Extreme Close-up" shots often fill the view of the screen, making it impossible for the viewer to focus on anything else.

Close-up

The "close-up" shot is often used in films, and in other media, to ensure that the viewer meets the emotions and facial expressions conveyed by the actor in the frame. Facial expressions and eye contact is said to be the primary method of communication in humans, even when speaking
to one another.

It's no wonder that this is an effective method of drawing emphasis onto an actors emotions and thereby the character's standing in the narrative of any film.

Mid-Shot

"Mid-shots" are often used when establishing a characters figure/posture and/or clothing. Generally, the frame consists of half of a character's body and/or of two or more characters.

Long-Shot

"Long-Shots" will often give a greater indication of the environment the characters within the frame are in. "Long-Shots" are second only to "Extreme Long-Shots" in their establishment of a scene's setting, while provide the greatest balance of visual detail  with overall mise en scene.

Extreme Long-Shot

"Extreme Long-Shots" offer the greatest view of the surroundings of the characters within the frame. Often these are used as establishing shots, where the backdrop setting for the film gives an indication of where, geographically, the following scenes will take place.

Panning Shot

"Panning shots" allow for a setting to be realized, often where a long shot does not have a sufficient field of view. Panning shots can range in their field of view, from the close-up shot of items strewn about a room, to an entire cityscape. Panning in  mid, to close-up shots are often used as  a means of teasing narrative or detail out of a scene, slowly revealing more about a character or the nature of a setting.

Crane Shot

"Crane Shots" place the viewer in a position high above the immediate surroundings of the character/s within the frame. In this video, as an example, the crane shot draws emphasis upon the character's feeling of isolation, and the town's eerie quietness.

Establishing shot

"Establishing shots" consist primarily of long-shots with the addition of panning, crane shots.

High-Angle shot

"High-angle" shots are used to place a character or object in a position weakness or recline. In this image, Luke is made to seem small, in comparison to Vader.

Low angle shot

"Low-angle" shots place a character or object within the scene in a position of power. In this example, Vader is made to seem more imposing and intimidating.

Dolly zoom

"Dolly Zooms" are used to throw, what seemed initially immediate, to great distances while revealing more about the foreground of the scene.