There are three types of shots within a scene, the long shot, the medium shot, and the close up. The general meaning are as follows. Long shot, this shot is the orientation shot which introduces you to where you are and what is going on. The medium shot, is the informational shot which lets you get a closer look at what is going on. Last is the close up this the important detail shot which shows the viewer what they need to know in order to make sense of the story.
In the opening scene of Star Wars: Episode Three Revenge of the Sith you are brought to a flag ship floating in space it is quite and as the camera is slowly moving in, two star ships appear and as they pass on top of the flag ship you see a massive battle going on. This section of the scene is a long shot, slowly taking the viewer from being isolated with a ship in space to watching a massive battle with lots of star ships. The function of this shot within the film is to show you what the flag ship at the beginning was doing there.
The medium shot in this scene is when the camera begins when the focus becomes put on the two star ships as the camera follows them weaving and dodging shots from other star ships. This shots helps you understand who might possible the main characters in the story. The function of this shot is to show a more specific look and detailed perspective if what exactly is going on in this fight scene. The close up in this scene introduces the two main characters and establishes where they are planning on going and why there are flying through the battle at all. The function of this shot is to show the brother hood that the two characters seem to share with each other.
These three shots help the viewer understand what exactly the characters are doing out in space and helps the viewer focus on what it is that they are doing. It starts at a general setting and moves on to a specific setting through the sequence of shots.
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