Advantages and disadvantages



Use of Images

|Shots |Example |Effect |

|Close-up (CU) | | |

|• shows emotion in a person or | | |

|detail in an object or scene | | |

|Medium shot (MS) | | |

|• shows the relationship between | | |

|two people or a person and an | | |

|object | | |

|Wide shot (WS) | | |

|• shows the scene from a distance| | |

|• allows the viewer to gain | | |

|perspective on a scene | | |

|Extreme close-up (XCU) | | |

|• focuses on extreme detail of an| | |

|object | | |

|Pan | | |

|• moves the camera from side to | | |

|side to show action or a large | | |

|area | | |

|Zoom | | |

|• adjusts the camera lens from | | |

|wide angle to a closer shot or | | |

|vice versa | | |

|• used to focus on action or | | |

|object, or to pull out from a | | |

|scene to add distance | | |

|Bird’s eye view | | |

|• looks down on a scene | | |

|• makes character or interview | | |

|subject seem less significant or | | |

|important | | |

Adapted from Brazilian Rain Forest. Permission granted from The Critical Thinking Consortium for use by Alberta teachers.

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