I have started by creating a shot lists to help me look back at when I am creating the storyboard.
Organizing my project before I shoot would save me time during the edit stage.
Pan: Fixed
camera position, horizontal movement.
Tilt: Fixed
camera position, vertical movement.
Tracking
shot: Camera moves with action in any direction.
Crane
shot: Camera
rises or descends.
Zoom: Fixed
camera, optical motion toward or away from subject.
Dissolve: Transition
with one shot fading out as another simultaneously fades in. While this is not
actually performed during the shoot, it needs to be planned for in the edit.
Rack
Focus: Shifting the focus from something in the foreground to
something in the background, or vise versa.
XCU:
Extreme close up. For people, maybe just the eyes.
CU: Close
up, the subject fills the frame. Emphasizes detail. For people, this is a
usually a head shot, with perhaps only the tops of the shoulders visible.
MS:
Medium Shot, the subject seen from the chest up.
FS: Full
Shot, the subject seen from head to toe.
WS: Wide
Shot, the subject seen within the larger environment.
EWS (Extreme Wide Shot): The view is so far
from the subject that he isn't even visible. Often used as an establishing
shot.
(OSS)Over-the-Shoulder
Shot: Looking
from behind a person at the subject. Used to show two people speaking to
eachother.
Point-of-View
Shot (POV): Shows a view from the subject's perspective, to make the
audience feel as if its them.
Weather
Shot:The subject is the weather. Can be used for other purposes,
e.g. background for graphics.
Noddy
Shot: Usually refers to a shot of the interviewer listening and
reacting to the subject.
Two-Shot:
A
shot of two people, framed similarly to a mid-shot.
