Examples of Camera techniques

Shots:

Master shot- A shot thats often a long shot, usually placed at the beginning of a scene to establish the general location of the action to follow.

Close up- Usually a shot zoomed into of just a human head or an object that size

Mid- shot- Usually includes the human figure from the waste up

Long shot- Where the human figure would be insignificant relative to its surroundings

Wide shot- Where most of the scene is in shot

Ariel shot- A shot taken from an airborne device, looking down on the scene

Point of view shot- A shot which shows the image of a specific point of view of a character in the film

Over the shoulder shot- It is taken from behind the shoulder, where the shoulder can partly be seen of the person looking at something else.

over the shoulder

  
Angle:                          

High angle- The camera is higher then its subject

Low angle- The camera is lower then its subject 

Canted angle- A camera angle which is deliberately slanted to one side

canted angle

low angle

Movement:

Pan- A shot in which the camera is made to pivot left or right on its horizontal axis while filming

Tilt- A shot in which the camera is made to pivot up or down on its vertical axis while filming

Zoom- Magnifies the centre of the image

Reverse Zoom- De-magnifies the centre of the image