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Re my ranting on Worms eye view. Apart from obvious POV of onlooker, a kind of fourth dimension can occasionally be achieved, in that the person or thing the protagonist is looking at becomes a character also. These three camera pans are three different takes on exactly the same moment in a film. YES they look completely different, but they are exact same moment from a different angle. Just an example of how well worm's eye view works in horror/shock. Happy July fellow Horror makers.

Thanks for sharing this!

Debbie, your "worm's eye view" shot falls into the category of a "subjective shot". As delineated in many places, there are 3 shot types, objective, subjective and point-of-view. Mascelli's very worthwhile classic textbook "The 5 C's of Cinematography" explains them nicely. Of course these are very broad categories.

Hi @Andrew I agree about text book terminology. But some shots do not fall into a written formula because of the “thoughts and feelings” surrounding a take. If a baby was being smothered and this is what their little eyes see, I would say POV from purely a psychological viewpoint.

I do love your "worms eye view" description :-) Certainly evocative.

Mascelli had a specific approach when describing, over many pages, what shots are. Worth reading and then moving on.

PowerPoint, PageMaker. I'm sure there are others like Corel. There is no industry standard. Depends on the situation.

I just put together a look book for a comedy feature I wrote that's set in, get this, New Jersey! If anyone would take a quick look at it, I'd be happy to return the favor. :^}

Keynote for Mac. Beautifully simple and really can do a lot.

I've made look books on pages, word, even google docs. Use what you're most comfortable with. When you send/submit you'll likely be turning it into a PDF so the original program doesn't matter much. My advice: try to look at some samples from friends if you can before submitting.

I've used Google Slides (free if you have gmail account) which is just like PowerPoint but it's a web application.