Video Editing Worksheet: Shot Types and Angles

Animation and design lesson 17: Shot types and camera angles · Set 95 · 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.True or false: a medium shot best shows a teacher at the board. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎥 Holding a phone sideways for most videos gives a … (a) tall frame (b) tiny frame (c) round frame (d) wide (landscape) frame
3. 3.🎥 Which camera angle would you use to show a fair, normal view? (a) a high angle (b) a low angle (c) eye level (d) a bird’s-eye view
4. 4.🎥 Which camera angle would you use to make a tower look grand? (a) a bird’s-eye view (b) eye level (c) a high angle (d) a low angle
5. 5.Which of these is best shown with a detail shot? (a) a crowd at a fair (b) the whole playground (c) a fingertip on a key (d) a person, waist up
6. 6.🎥 Which shot best shows a face showing feelings? (a) a detail shot (b) a wide shot (c) a close-up (d) a medium shot
7. 7.True or false: a close-up best shows a ring on a finger. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎥 Which shot best shows a smiling face? (a) a wide shot (b) a detail shot (c) a close-up (d) a medium shot
9. 9.🎥 Which shot best shows where the story happens? (a) a close-up (b) a medium shot (c) a wide shot (d) a detail shot
10. 10.🎥 Which shot best shows the whole playground? (a) a medium shot (b) a close-up (c) a wide shot (d) a detail shot
11. 11.True or false: a medium shot best shows a ladybird’s spots. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is best shown with a close-up? (a) a teacher at the board (b) a ring on a finger (c) where the story happens (d) a smiling face
13. 13.🎥 Which shot best shows a fingertip on a key? (a) a wide shot (b) a medium shot (c) a detail shot (d) a close-up
14. 14.True or false: to make a tower look grand, use a bird’s-eye view. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎥 Which shot best shows a ladybird’s spots? (a) a close-up (b) a detail shot (c) a wide shot (d) a medium shot
16. 16.True or false: a wide shot best shows a person and the setting. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎥 Which camera angle would you use to make someone look small? (a) eye level (b) a low angle (c) a high angle (d) a bird’s-eye view
18. 18.Which of these is best shown with a wide shot? (a) a person and the setting (b) a face showing feelings (c) two friends chatting (d) a ladybird’s spots
19. 19.True or false: to make a tower look grand, use eye level. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: to make someone look small, use a high angle. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎥 A camera placed low and looking up makes a person look … (a) big and strong (b) small and weak (c) far away (d) blurry
22. 22.🎥 Which camera angle would you use to make a hero look tall? (a) a high angle (b) a bird’s-eye view (c) a low angle (d) eye level
23. 23.True or false: to show a fair, normal view, use eye level. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎥 Which shot best shows a crowd at a fair? (a) a close-up (b) a medium shot (c) a wide shot (d) a detail shot
25. 25.🎥 A shot filmed from straight above is called … (a) a close-up (b) a low angle (c) a bird’s-eye view (d) eye level
26. 26.True or false: to make a bully look weak, use a high angle. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎥 Which camera angle would you use to show a table from above? (a) a low angle (b) eye level (c) a bird’s-eye view (d) a high angle
28. 28.True or false: to make a hero look tall, use a low angle. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎥 Which shot best shows a person and the setting? (a) a close-up (b) a detail shot (c) a medium shot (d) a wide shot
30. 30.Which of these is best shown with a wide shot? (a) a fingertip on a key (b) a ring on a finger (c) the whole playground (d) two friends chatting
31. 31.Which of these is best shown with a wide shot? (a) two friends chatting (b) a fingertip on a key (c) a ladybird’s spots (d) a crowd at a fair
32. 32.Which of these is best shown with a close-up? (a) a person and the setting (b) a fingertip on a key (c) a face showing feelings (d) a ring on a finger
33. 33.🎥 Why keep the camera steady? (a) to change colour (b) to make it louder (c) to make it longer (d) so it is not shaky
34. 34.True or false: to look straight down, use a bird’s-eye view. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a wide shot best shows a fingertip on a key. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎥 Which shot best shows just one eye? (a) a wide shot (b) a close-up (c) a medium shot (d) a detail shot
37. 37.🎥 Which shot best shows a worried face? (a) a wide shot (b) a close-up (c) a medium shot (d) a detail shot
38. 38.True or false: to show a fair, normal view, use a bird’s-eye view. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎥 Which shot usually opens a scene to show where we are? (a) a close-up (b) a detail shot (c) a blank screen (d) a wide shot
40. 40.True or false: a detail shot best shows a face showing feelings. (a) True (b) False

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