Shots, angles & the 180 degree rules.

To help us when it came to storyboarding we looked back into our research on the different shots and angles used:-



-Mid-shot: Shows the actors upper body.

-Wide/Long-shot: Shows the whole actor/ess or a group of people.

-Close-up: A close shot of the face mainly to show emotions or on objects to show detail.

-Over-the-shoulder-shot: A shot from over the shoulder to show part of the character and what they see.

-POV-shot: The point of view of the actor.

-Birds-eye view: Shot from directly above.

-High-angle: Shot looking down onto the scene.

-Low-angle: Looking up at the scene.

The 180 Degree Rule.

The 180 degree rule stops/allows us to do the following things:-

1. The camera must not cross the imaginary axis line to keep a constant left to right relationship between the two people opposite each other


2. This can be tricky to keep hold of when wanting to pan unless you show the camera moving directly across the line but it must return back.