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Video Editing Worksheet: Shot Types and Angles

Animation and design lesson 17: Shot types and camera angles · Set 124 · 40 questions
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Creator's tip (Choose the shot for the job): Wide shot = the whole place; medium shot = waist up; close-up = a face; detail shot = one small part. Low angle (looking up) = big and strong; high angle (looking down) = small or weak. Eye level = normal and fair; bird’s-eye view = straight down from above.

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  1. 1.🎥 Which camera angle would you use to film a calm chat? (a) a high angle (b) a bird’s-eye view (c) a low angle (d) eye level
  2. 2.True or false: a detail shot best shows a teacher at the board. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: a wide shot best shows the whole playground. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: a detail shot best shows two friends chatting. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is best shown with a detail shot? (a) a person, waist up (b) a teacher at the board (c) just one eye (d) a face showing feelings
  6. 6.True or false: a wide shot best shows a person and the setting. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎥 Which shot best shows a ring on a finger? (a) a close-up (b) a medium shot (c) a detail shot (d) a wide shot
  8. 8.Which of these is best shown with a medium shot? (a) a smiling face (b) a ring on a finger (c) a person, waist up (d) a person and the setting
  9. 9.Which of these is best shown with a close-up? (a) a fingertip on a key (b) a person, waist up (c) just one eye (d) a face showing feelings
  10. 10.🎥 Which shot best shows a crowd at a fair? (a) a wide shot (b) a detail shot (c) a medium shot (d) a close-up
  11. 11.True or false: to make a hero look tall, use a bird’s-eye view. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: to make someone look small, use a bird’s-eye view. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: to make someone look small, use a high angle. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎥 Why keep the camera steady? (a) to make it longer (b) to change colour (c) so it is not shaky (d) to make it louder
  15. 15.🎥 Which shot best shows how a person feels? (a) a blank screen (b) a bird’s-eye view (c) a close-up (d) a wide shot
  16. 16.Which of these is best shown with a close-up? (a) a crowd at a fair (b) a ring on a finger (c) where the story happens (d) a smiling face
  17. 17.True or false: to make a hero look tall, use eye level. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: a detail shot best shows a ring on a finger. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎥 A shot filmed from straight above is called … (a) a bird’s-eye view (b) a low angle (c) eye level (d) a close-up
  20. 20.🎥 Which camera angle would you use to show a fair, normal view? (a) a low angle (b) a high angle (c) a bird’s-eye view (d) eye level
  21. 21.Which of these is best shown with a medium shot? (a) a fingertip on a key (b) where the story happens (c) a ring on a finger (d) a teacher at the board
  22. 22.🎥 Which shot best shows two friends chatting? (a) a close-up (b) a medium shot (c) a detail shot (d) a wide shot
  23. 23.True or false: to film a calm chat, use a low angle. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎥 Which shot usually opens a scene to show where we are? (a) a detail shot (b) a close-up (c) a blank screen (d) a wide shot
  25. 25.True or false: a detail shot best shows the whole playground. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎥 Which camera angle would you use to make a giant look huge? (a) a low angle (b) eye level (c) a bird’s-eye view (d) a high angle
  27. 27.Which of these is best shown with a detail shot? (a) a person and the setting (b) a fingertip on a key (c) a face showing feelings (d) two friends chatting
  28. 28.Which of these is best shown with a wide shot? (a) a ladybird’s spots (b) a person, waist up (c) a smiling face (d) the whole playground
  29. 29.True or false: to make a giant look huge, use a high angle. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎥 Which camera angle would you use to show a table from above? (a) a low angle (b) a bird’s-eye view (c) eye level (d) a high angle
  31. 31.🎥 Which camera angle would you use to look straight down? (a) a high angle (b) a bird’s-eye view (c) a low angle (d) eye level
  32. 32.🎥 A camera placed low and looking up makes a person look … (a) far away (b) big and strong (c) small and weak (d) blurry
  33. 33.True or false: a wide shot best shows a fingertip on a key. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎥 Which camera angle would you use to make a hero look tall? (a) a low angle (b) a high angle (c) a bird’s-eye view (d) eye level
  35. 35.🎥 Which shot best shows a worried face? (a) a detail shot (b) a wide shot (c) a close-up (d) a medium shot
  36. 36.True or false: to make a hero look tall, use a low angle. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: to look straight down, use eye level. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎥 Which shot best shows a fingertip on a key? (a) a wide shot (b) a close-up (c) a medium shot (d) a detail shot
  39. 39.True or false: a close-up best shows a ring on a finger. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎥 Which camera angle would you use to make a bully look weak? (a) a high angle (b) eye level (c) a low angle (d) a bird’s-eye view

Answer key

  1. eye level
  2. False
  3. True
  4. False
  5. just one eye
  6. True
  7. a detail shot
  8. a person, waist up
  9. a face showing feelings
  10. a wide shot
  11. False
  12. False
  13. True
  14. so it is not shaky
  15. a close-up
  16. a smiling face
  17. False
  18. True
  19. a bird’s-eye view
  20. eye level
  21. a teacher at the board
  22. a medium shot
  23. False
  24. a wide shot
  25. False
  26. a low angle
  27. a fingertip on a key
  28. the whole playground
  29. False
  30. a bird’s-eye view
  31. a bird’s-eye view
  32. big and strong
  33. False
  34. a low angle
  35. a close-up
  36. True
  37. False
  38. a detail shot
  39. False
  40. a high angle

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