The 5 Shot Rules

The Five Shot Rules.

The 5 shot rule is a essential to any video, it is the building blocks most video as it varies from different shots to show the surrounding area to the subject that is being filmed.


The video that you see up is a reviewed by me using the 5 shot rule for shooting video. Below a quick review of what that looks like.

1. An extreme close-up (detail) of action (movement)
2. Close-up of the face of the person doing the action
3. Medium shot, face and action together
4. Over-the-shoulder view of the action (gives viewer the point of view of the person doing the action)
5. Another (different) angle