Types of Shots

Film uses camera shots to change the way an audience would perceive a certain scene in a film, the more close up and quick changing the angles and shots are of a film usually mean that it is an high intensity moment, if that be angry sad or happy, shots like these are associated with heightened emotion but also it almost suggests the closer the shot type is to the character to more the audience can get inside the characters head. Where as the wider the shot the more visually important they as the camera attempts the cram in all of the background and subject into as much will fit. Camera shots can alter the emotion and adrenaline the audience feels be drawing you in or pushing you away to see the wider picture, different forms of shots add depth into films which is a key part of filmmaking. Here are some other examples;

A close up shot

A close up shot is self explanatory, the shot is taken in a tight frame focusing on a person or object with an out of focus background, characteristically only focusing on one thing means it is key to the film as that is that the director is wanting you to look at. An example of a close up shot would be; 

A mid shot

A medium shot focuses on some part of the subject without giving away the entire shot, this tends to be characters from the waist up, mid shots also has some focus on the background yet not entirely clear. An example of a mid shot would be;

A wide shot

A wide shot has the entire subject in full frame, if a character is in frame then we would see whole length of their body, a wide shot also included a wide range of background in shot. 

Cut ins

Cut in shots are close ups of something visible in a main scene however cut away from the main scene into another, for example, this film clip;