CHAPTER 8 LOCATION SHOOTING-TECHNIQUES
This chapter is mainly about the terminology of shooting – the common language everybody uses to describe shots. It also offers suggestions as to the impact you can achieve by using one type of shot rather than another, what will work and what will not work. Most of the terms apply whether you are shooting on location or in a studio.
Types of Shot
The most basic shot is the static. The camera doesn’t move and the size of shot remains constant. It sounds boring but the vast majority of shots you see on television are static shots. The key to making them interesting is the action – what is happening in the shot.
On a fixed tripod when you traverse the camera horizontally from left to right or right to left ...
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