Types of Shot

Angles

High Angel Shot

A shot taken from above the subject.

Low Angel Shot

A shot taken from below the subject.

Aerial shot

A shot taken from a crane, plane or helicopter restricted to exterior locations. The trailer for Psycho starts with an aerial shot of Hitchcock outside The Bates Motel.

Birds eye view

A shot in which the camera photographs the scene from directly above.

Crane Shot

A shot taken from a mechanical device called a crane which can carry the camera in any direction. The image below is an example from the film 'Psycho'. In the beginning of the film the camera lowers down to Alfred Hitchcock who is standing in the courtyard of 'The Bates Motel' the camera will then follow Alfred Hitchcock as if you, the viewer, are a tourist

Shot sizes 

Extreme Long Shot

A framing in which the scale of the object shown is very small, a building, landscape or crowd of people will fill the screen.

Establishing shot

An establishing shot is usually the first shot of a new scene, designed to show the audience where the action is taking place. It is usually a very wide shot or extreme wide shot.

Long shot

A type of long shot that includes the human body in full, with the head near the top of the frame and the feet near the bottom. It makes for a relatively stable shot that can accommodate movement without reframing.

Medium Long Shot

Framing such an object four or five feet high would fill most of the screen vertically. Also called plain Américain, given it's recurrence in the Western genre, where it was important to keep a cowboy's weapon in the image.

Medium Close-Up

A relatively close shot, revealing the human figure from the waist up.

Close-Up

A detailed view of a person or object. A framing in which the scale of the object shown is relatively large. In a close-up a person's head or some other similarly sized object would fill the frame.

Extreme Close-Up

A shot in which the scale of the object shown is very large, a minutely detailed view of an object or person. Faces are the most recurrent images in extreme close-ups. An extreme close-up of an actor usually includes only his/hers eyes or mouth.

Point of View Shot

A shot taken with the camera placed approximately where the character's eyes would be, showing what the character would see. Usually cut in before or after a shot of the character looking. Horror films and thrillers often use POV shots to suggest a menacing and unseen presence in the scene.

Reaction shot

A shot to show an emotional response to the immediately preceding action or words of another character in the scene or to an event in the immediately preceding scene which may or may not involve another actor for example, an explosion, monster or empty room.

                                     

Two shot

A medium featuring two actors in the same frame.

Three shot

A medium featuring three actors in the same frame.

Dutch Tilt

A shot in which the camera angle is deliberately slanted to one side. This can be used for dramatic effect and helps portray unease, disorientation, frantic or desperate action, intoxication or madness.

Stills

Still pictures taken from  a film.