A shooting method and a mobile device are used to resolve a technical problem in shooting new visual media such as a Living Image by operating a shooting button, so as to simplify a shooting operation of the new visual media, such as the Living Image, that is different from a picture and a video. In some feasible implementation manners of the present invention, the method includes: starting video shooting on a shooting screen when a long press event of a shooting button is received; and when the long press event ends, if a long press period of the shooting button does not exceed a first set threshold, completing mixed visual media shooting, where the mixed visual media includes one video clip and at least one static picture.