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Video Editing Worksheet: Shot Types and Angles

Animation and design lesson 17: Shot types and camera angles · Set 267 · 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 of these is best shown with a medium shot? (a) just one eye (b) the whole playground (c) a smiling face (d) a person, waist up
  2. 2.🎥 Which shot best shows two friends chatting? (a) a close-up (b) a detail shot (c) a wide shot (d) a medium shot
  3. 3.True or false: to make someone look small, use a high angle. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: a medium shot best shows a fingertip on a key. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is best shown with a close-up? (a) a teacher at the board (b) a face showing feelings (c) a crowd at a fair (d) a ring on a finger
  6. 6.True or false: to make a tower look grand, use a low angle. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is best shown with a detail shot? (a) a face showing feelings (b) a teacher at the board (c) where the story happens (d) a fingertip on a key
  8. 8.True or false: to make a bully look weak, use a bird’s-eye view. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is best shown with a wide shot? (a) a worried face (b) a fingertip on a key (c) a teacher at the board (d) where the story happens
  10. 10.Which of these is best shown with a close-up? (a) a ladybird’s spots (b) a smiling face (c) the whole playground (d) just one eye
  11. 11.🎥 Which camera angle would you use to look straight down? (a) a low angle (b) eye level (c) a bird’s-eye view (d) a high angle
  12. 12.🎥 Which shot best shows the whole playground? (a) a medium shot (b) a close-up (c) a detail shot (d) a wide shot
  13. 13.🎥 Which camera angle would you use to film a calm chat? (a) eye level (b) a low angle (c) a high angle (d) a bird’s-eye view
  14. 14.Which of these is best shown with a detail shot? (a) a worried face (b) a face showing feelings (c) just one eye (d) where the story happens
  15. 15.True or false: a medium shot best shows two friends chatting. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is best shown with a medium shot? (a) a person and the setting (b) where the story happens (c) two friends chatting (d) a smiling face
  17. 17.Which of these is best shown with a wide shot? (a) a ring on a finger (b) the whole playground (c) a teacher at the board (d) a worried face
  18. 18.🎥 Which shot best shows a ring on a finger? (a) a medium shot (b) a close-up (c) a detail shot (d) a wide shot
  19. 19.🎥 Which shot best shows how a person feels? (a) a close-up (b) a bird’s-eye view (c) a wide shot (d) a blank screen
  20. 20.🎥 Which shot best shows a person and the setting? (a) a wide shot (b) a detail shot (c) a close-up (d) a medium shot
  21. 21.🎥 Which shot best shows a face showing feelings? (a) a detail shot (b) a wide shot (c) a close-up (d) a medium shot
  22. 22.True or false: to look straight down, use a low angle. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎥 Which camera angle would you use to make a tower look grand? (a) a high angle (b) a low angle (c) eye level (d) a bird’s-eye view
  24. 24.🎥 A camera placed low and looking up makes a person look … (a) blurry (b) big and strong (c) far away (d) small and weak
  25. 25.🎥 A shot filmed from straight above is called … (a) a low angle (b) a close-up (c) eye level (d) a bird’s-eye view
  26. 26.True or false: a medium shot best shows the whole playground. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: to look straight down, use a high angle. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎥 Which shot best shows a ladybird’s spots? (a) a medium shot (b) a wide shot (c) a detail shot (d) a close-up
  29. 29.True or false: to make a tower look grand, use eye level. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a close-up best shows a worried face. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is best shown with a medium shot? (a) a crowd at a fair (b) a teacher at the board (c) a smiling face (d) a fingertip on a key
  32. 32.True or false: a detail shot best shows just one eye. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: to make a bully look weak, use a low angle. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎥 Which camera angle would you use to show a table from above? (a) a high angle (b) a low angle (c) a bird’s-eye view (d) eye level
  35. 35.🎥 Which shot usually opens a scene to show where we are? (a) a blank screen (b) a detail shot (c) a close-up (d) a wide shot
  36. 36.True or false: a wide shot best shows where the story happens. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: a detail shot best shows a worried face. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: to make a hero look tall, use eye level. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: to film a calm chat, use a bird’s-eye view. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is best shown with a close-up? (a) a fingertip on a key (b) a worried face (c) just one eye (d) the whole playground

Answer key

  1. a person, waist up
  2. a medium shot
  3. True
  4. False
  5. a face showing feelings
  6. True
  7. a fingertip on a key
  8. False
  9. where the story happens
  10. a smiling face
  11. a bird’s-eye view
  12. a wide shot
  13. eye level
  14. just one eye
  15. True
  16. two friends chatting
  17. the whole playground
  18. a detail shot
  19. a close-up
  20. a wide shot
  21. a close-up
  22. False
  23. a low angle
  24. big and strong
  25. a bird’s-eye view
  26. False
  27. False
  28. a detail shot
  29. False
  30. True
  31. a teacher at the board
  32. True
  33. False
  34. a bird’s-eye view
  35. a wide shot
  36. True
  37. False
  38. False
  39. False
  40. a worried face

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