Camera Angles

Establishing shot: A long or extreme-long shot at the beginning of a scene indicating where, and sometimes when, the remainder of the scene takes place.

Long Shot: In which the image is shown as "life sized" ie corresponding to the real distance between the audience and the screen in a cinema.

Medium Shot: a motion-picture shot made from or as if from a distance intermediate between that of a long shot and that of a close shot and showing a moderate amount of background. 

Eye Level Shot: In which the camera is positioned as though it is a human actually observing a scene. 

Shoot a Close Up Shot: Is a type of shot, which tightly frames a person or an object.

Birds Eye Shot : When the scene is shot directly from above, considered unnatural or strange. 

Worms Eye Shot: In which the camera is filming from below.

Extreme Close Up Shot: A version of the of a close up shot in which things are magnified further than what a human would view in real life typically. 

Reaction Shot: A portrayal of a person's response to an event or to a statement made by another.

Point of View Shot: point of view shot is a short film scene that shows what a character is looking at.

Over the Shoulder Shot: Aover the shoulder shot is a shot of someone or something taken from the perspective or camera angle from the shoulder of another person.

Sources
http://www.mediacollege.com/video/camera/angles/
http://www.mediaknowall.com/camangles.html

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