VideOccasions Shot Sequence To get professional looking video, learn to use the three basic shots that make up the typical video sequence. This is a wide shot of the scene where the action takes place. This will show your viewers where they are, and who is involved in the scene. This serves as a transition between the establishing shot and the closeup.
Attention is drawn more closely to the subject.
Background details become less important. The preceding shots have paved the way for this most proximate view of your subject. Close-ups provide the kind of intimacy we enjoy in being involved in a real life event.