Well, this is a loaded topic! Of course every video production is different and this list will be quite subjective to our own personal preferences and shooting style but that doesn't mean you can’t learn something from it!
The original inception of the shot came from the “Bullet Time” shot from the feature film, “The Matrix”. The idea is to have several cameras lined up in a 360 degree space that would all fire in one single take in order to freeze time around any given object.