The Six Shot System

The six shot system helps make each camera shot interesting and pleasing to the eye. In the blog post below you will see how the six shot system works.

Extreme wide shot 

The extreme wide shot is used to show the setting. 

When using this shot you want to make sure to get the whole scene including your person/ objects body.

Wide shot 

With the wide shot, you want to make sure you get your character from head to toe.

This is used to introduce the character.

Medium Shot

This shot is used to tie every shot together. 

We use this when we want to show detail about our character.

Close up of the face

With this shot, its especially important that you use the rule of thirds. 

(rule of thirds: making sure the subject is not in the middle of the picture.)

A close up of the face is good for expressing the emotion within the character. 

Close up of hands

A close up of the hands is used to show what the subject is doing.

The rule of thirds is also very important here as well. 

Over the shoulder

You use this when you want to see through the characters eyes. 

Over the shoulder is used for perspective.