Camera Shot List

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I. Establishing Shots

• Description: Wide-angle views that set the scene and provide context for the location.
  

• Lighting/Background: Use natural light or balanced artificial light to capture the environment clearly, ensuring the background elements are relevant and not distracting.
  

• Exterior of the building

• Interior wide shot of the main area

• Aerial or high-angle shot of the location

• Surrounding environment

II. Medium Shots

• Description: Frames that capture the subject from the waist up, showing some background but focusing on the subject.
  

• Lighting/Background: Use soft lighting to highlight the subject while maintaining a neutral or slightly blurred background to avoid distractions.
  

• Subject from the waist up

• Two people in conversation

• Subject interacting with an object

• Subject in a work environment

III. Close-Ups

• Description: Tight shots of the subject's face or a specific detail, highlighting emotions or important elements.
  

• Lighting/Background: Employ focused lighting to accentuate the subject and use a plain or softly blurred background to draw attention to the details.
  

• Subject's face showing emotion

• Hands performing a task

• Product details

• Reaction shots

IV. Over-the-Shoulder Shots

• Description: Perspectives from behind a person, focusing on what they are looking at, often used in conversations.
  

• Lighting/Background: Ensure balanced lighting to illuminate both the person and the focal point, with a background that provides context but does not overpower the main subjects.
  

• Person reading or working on a computer

• Two people talking

• Person looking at a landscape or scene

• Person observing an event

V. Cutaways

• Description: Shots that focus on details or reactions, often used to provide additional context or break up the main action.
  

• Lighting/Background: Use appropriate lighting to highlight the detail or reaction, with a background that is complementary and non-distracting.
  

• Detail of an object

• Close-up of a reaction

• Environmental details

• Action in progress

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