Video Editing Worksheet: Shot Types and Angles

Animation and design lesson 17: Shot types and camera angles · Set 563 · 40 questions

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.

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

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