A close up shot is a camera angle that closely frames a person or object, if a person, typically from the neck up. The use of this is to highlight significant details of the thing in the frame, and makes a closeness from the the thing in frame to the audience.
A mid shot is a shot, that shows the subject typically from the waist up. It allows the subject to still be the main thing, but then also shows the environment surrounding the subject.
CLOSE UP
Shots and Angles
A wide shot typically shows the whole subject, and all its surroundings. This provides a sense of context and understanding of the scene to the audience.
A straight on shot is where the camera is faced in front of the subject, only getting one side of the subject.
High angle shot is where the camera is looking down on the subject, to make them look smaller, sometimes vuneralbe.
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A low angle shot is positioned below the subject, this to make the subject look more dominant and powerful to the audience.
A Dutch angle shot, or a canted angle, where the camera is tilted, causing the audience to feel a sense of discomfort and maybe even a dizziness effect.
LOW ANGLE
CAMERA MOVEMENTS
Pan is a type of camera movement, where the camera moves horizontally at a fixed position left to right, or right to left. This is to show the audience the full scene and location.
Tilt is a camera movement, that's the opposite of pan, but still stationery, it moves the camera in a still position, but vertically, this could be used to show the full body of a person, or maybe a tall building.
Roll is a camera movement that rotates around its lens axis, this causes a sense of distortion or dizziness for the audience.
Track is a camera movement that follows the subject in a scene, this can be done hand held, or the camera can be mounted on a dolly, that moves along a track.
Zoom is a camera movement, where the lens magnifies to the subject to make it look bigger, this highlights the main subject of the scene to the audience.
This video on the right is an example of tilt.
This video on the left is an example of zoom.