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Video Editing Worksheet: Shot Types and Angles

Animation and design lesson 17: Shot types and camera angles · Set 313 · 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 someone look small, use a high angle. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎥 Holding a phone sideways for most videos gives a … (a) tall frame (b) tiny frame (c) wide (landscape) frame (d) round frame
  3. 3.Which of these is best shown with a medium shot? (a) two friends chatting (b) a person and the setting (c) the whole playground (d) a smiling face
  4. 4.🎥 Which camera angle would you use to make a bully look weak? (a) a low angle (b) a bird’s-eye view (c) a high angle (d) eye level
  5. 5.🎥 Which shot best shows where the story happens? (a) a wide shot (b) a close-up (c) a medium shot (d) a detail shot
  6. 6.Which of these is best shown with a wide shot? (a) a worried face (b) a teacher at the board (c) where the story happens (d) a person, waist up
  7. 7.Which of these is best shown with a wide shot? (a) a ladybird’s spots (b) a teacher at the board (c) a worried face (d) a crowd at a fair
  8. 8.🎥 Which shot best shows a crowd at a fair? (a) a detail shot (b) a medium shot (c) a close-up (d) a wide shot
  9. 9.🎥 Which camera angle would you use to look straight down? (a) eye level (b) a bird’s-eye view (c) a high angle (d) a low angle
  10. 10.True or false: a medium shot best shows a person, waist up. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎥 Why keep the camera steady? (a) so it is not shaky (b) to change colour (c) to make it longer (d) to make it louder
  12. 12.Which of these is best shown with a detail shot? (a) the whole playground (b) two friends chatting (c) just one eye (d) where the story happens
  13. 13.Which of these is best shown with a wide shot? (a) a worried face (b) a person, waist up (c) the whole playground (d) a teacher at the board
  14. 14.True or false: a close-up best shows a ladybird’s spots. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎥 Which shot best shows a ring on a finger? (a) a detail shot (b) a close-up (c) a wide shot (d) a medium shot
  16. 16.True or false: to look straight down, use eye level. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: to make a hero look tall, use a low angle. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: to show a table from above, use eye level. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is best shown with a close-up? (a) a face showing feelings (b) a ring on a finger (c) a person, waist up (d) a teacher at the board
  20. 20.True or false: a medium shot best shows two friends chatting. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎥 Which camera angle would you use to make a giant look huge? (a) a low angle (b) a bird’s-eye view (c) a high angle (d) eye level
  22. 22.True or false: to make a tower look grand, use eye level. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is best shown with a medium shot? (a) a ladybird’s spots (b) a person and the setting (c) a worried face (d) a person, waist up
  24. 24.True or false: to make a bully look weak, use a high angle. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: to make a tower look grand, use a low angle. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: a wide shot best shows a smiling face. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is best shown with a close-up? (a) a person, waist up (b) a ring on a finger (c) a smiling face (d) a fingertip on a key
  28. 28.🎥 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
  29. 29.Which of these is best shown with a detail shot? (a) where the story happens (b) a person and the setting (c) a ring on a finger (d) a teacher at the board
  30. 30.🎥 A camera placed low and looking up makes a person look … (a) small and weak (b) blurry (c) big and strong (d) far away
  31. 31.True or false: a medium shot best shows a ring on a finger. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎥 Which shot best shows the whole playground? (a) a medium shot (b) a close-up (c) a detail shot (d) a wide shot
  33. 33.🎥 Which camera angle would you use to make a hero look tall? (a) a low angle (b) eye level (c) a high angle (d) a bird’s-eye view
  34. 34.🎥 Which shot best shows two friends chatting? (a) a medium shot (b) a close-up (c) a wide shot (d) a detail shot
  35. 35.True or false: to make a bully look weak, use a low angle. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎥 Which shot best shows a worried face? (a) a detail shot (b) a close-up (c) a wide shot (d) a medium shot
  37. 37.True or false: to make a giant look huge, use a high angle. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a close-up best shows just one eye. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: to look straight down, use a bird’s-eye view. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a close-up best shows a fingertip on a key. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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