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Video Editing Worksheet: Shot Types and Angles

Animation and design lesson 17: Shot types and camera angles · Set 278 · 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.True or false: to make a tower look grand, use a low angle. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎥 Which shot best shows a fingertip on a key? (a) a detail shot (b) a close-up (c) a medium shot (d) a wide shot
  3. 3.🎥 Why keep the camera steady? (a) to make it longer (b) so it is not shaky (c) to change colour (d) to make it louder
  4. 4.🎥 Which shot best shows the whole playground? (a) a medium shot (b) a wide shot (c) a detail shot (d) a close-up
  5. 5.Which of these is best shown with a wide shot? (a) a smiling face (b) a person and the setting (c) a ladybird’s spots (d) a face showing feelings
  6. 6.🎥 Which shot best shows how a person feels? (a) a bird’s-eye view (b) a blank screen (c) a wide shot (d) a close-up
  7. 7.True or false: to look straight down, use eye level. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎥 Which shot best shows where the story happens? (a) a detail shot (b) a close-up (c) a wide shot (d) a medium shot
  9. 9.🎥 Which camera angle would you use to make a giant look huge? (a) a bird’s-eye view (b) a low angle (c) eye level (d) a high angle
  10. 10.🎥 Which shot best shows a ring on a finger? (a) a close-up (b) a wide shot (c) a medium shot (d) a detail shot
  11. 11.🎥 Which shot best shows a person and the setting? (a) a close-up (b) a wide shot (c) a medium shot (d) a detail shot
  12. 12.Which of these is best shown with a medium shot? (a) a crowd at a fair (b) a ring on a finger (c) a teacher at the board (d) a face showing feelings
  13. 13.Which of these is best shown with a close-up? (a) where the story happens (b) the whole playground (c) a ladybird’s spots (d) a face showing feelings
  14. 14.🎥 Which shot best shows a ladybird’s spots? (a) a medium shot (b) a wide shot (c) a close-up (d) a detail shot
  15. 15.🎥 Which camera angle would you use to make a tower look grand? (a) a low angle (b) a high angle (c) a bird’s-eye view (d) eye level
  16. 16.🎥 Which shot best shows a worried face? (a) a wide shot (b) a medium shot (c) a close-up (d) a detail shot
  17. 17.True or false: a close-up best shows a fingertip on a key. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: to show a fair, normal view, use a high angle. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: to make a tower look grand, use eye level. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎥 Which shot usually opens a scene to show where we are? (a) a close-up (b) a blank screen (c) a wide shot (d) a detail shot
  21. 21.🎥 Which camera angle would you use to make a bully look weak? (a) eye level (b) a low angle (c) a bird’s-eye view (d) a high angle
  22. 22.True or false: a medium shot best shows a face showing feelings. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎥 Which camera angle would you use to show a table from above? (a) a high angle (b) eye level (c) a bird’s-eye view (d) a low angle
  24. 24.True or false: a close-up best shows a person, waist up. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is best shown with a detail shot? (a) the whole playground (b) a ladybird’s spots (c) a face showing feelings (d) a teacher at the board
  26. 26.Which of these is best shown with a wide shot? (a) the whole playground (b) a ladybird’s spots (c) just one eye (d) a person, waist up
  27. 27.Which of these is best shown with a detail shot? (a) a person and the setting (b) a person, waist up (c) a smiling face (d) a ring on a finger
  28. 28.True or false: to make someone look small, use a high angle. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎥 A camera placed low and looking up makes a person look … (a) far away (b) big and strong (c) blurry (d) small and weak
  30. 30.🎥 Which shot best shows two friends chatting? (a) a wide shot (b) a medium shot (c) a detail shot (d) a close-up
  31. 31.True or false: to make a hero look tall, use a low angle. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: to show a table from above, use a high angle. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎥 Holding a phone sideways for most videos gives a … (a) round frame (b) tiny frame (c) wide (landscape) frame (d) tall frame
  34. 34.True or false: to make someone look small, use eye level. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: to show a fair, normal view, use a bird’s-eye view. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is best shown with a close-up? (a) a fingertip on a key (b) a teacher at the board (c) a smiling face (d) a person and the setting
  37. 37.True or false: to make a bully look weak, use a bird’s-eye view. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎥 Which camera angle would you use to look straight down? (a) a high angle (b) a low angle (c) a bird’s-eye view (d) eye level
  39. 39.True or false: a close-up best shows a smiling face. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a wide shot best shows a face showing feelings. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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