Shot Sizes

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 Shot Sizes

Shot Sizes are used to help set the scene in films & TV, its used very frequently to help people guide themselves in what's happening in a scene, but the shot sizes must be perfect or else the audience will not know what's happening or find it uncomfortable watching. There are many different shot sizes which can be conveniently used for certain scenes. I'll explain the different types of shot sizes;

Extreme Long (Wide) Shot

Extreme Long Shots are used at the start of films to set the scene. Usually, these types of scenes would be filmed from a distance. If the shot's filmed at a city it would be the outsides of a city or suburbs. If a character's in it, they'd usually be very small. 


In this example, we see an adventurer, walking in the snow and there's huge mountains around him, the vast sky above him & the adventurer is very small. This shot is used to set the scene where an adventurer is walking in the snow and there's huge mountains surrounding him. It can make the audience feel a bit intimidated due to how powerful this shot can be. 

Long Shot (Wide Shot)

A Long Shot, also known as a "Wide Shot", generally features a shot where a character's in frame, head to toe. 


As you can see in this example above, we can see the character in the shot from head-to-toe. We can also see the character in the shot is crossing the road, clearly.

Medium Long Shot

Medium long shots show characters from the knees up. These types of shots are usually used for dialogue. 


The photo above is a perfect example of a medium long shot. We see the Joker who is in shot from the knees up. Medium Long Shots can show some detailed action. 
                              







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