CAMERA
SOUND
MISE-EN-SCENE
EDITING
ANY CATEGORY
100
Usually a wide shot, sometimes a set of close-ups, at the beginning of a scene or a sequence that is intended to inform the audience of an overview in order to help identify the locale or time for the scene and action, and at times characterization
What is an establishing shot
100
The background sounds which are present in a scene or location. Common ambient sounds include wind, water, birds, crowds, office noises, traffic, etc.
What is ambient sound
100
A building that is sound proofed and accommodates building sets and shooting films. Large spaces, high ceilings.
What is a studio
100
It is the predominant style of editing in narrative cinema and television. The purpose of which is to smooth over the inherent discontinuity of the editing process and to establish a logical coherence between shots.
What is discontinuity editing
100
A transition between two shots during which the first image gradually disappears while the second image gradually appears; for a moment the two images blend in superimposition.
What is dissolve
200
A film recording of an entire dramatized scene, from start to finish, from an angle that keeps all the players in view
What is a master shot
200
An opening and/or closing musical signature, a musical composition associated with a broadcast program. It may also refer to music that begins or ends a motion pictur
What is themes (or music theme)
200
The creation of theatrical, as well as film or television scenery.
What is set design
200
A match cut editing technique where two successive shots are joined so as to create a strong similarity of compositional elements like shape or color.
What is graphic match
200
An editing technique that prolongs plot or time duration for example overlapping editing or montage of similar scenes to highlight the effect of a sequence.
What is expansion of time
300
A shot in which the subject is larger than the frame, revealing much detail.
What is a close-up
300
Also sometimes called background music, film music or incidental music, and is original music written specifically to accompany a film.
What is score
300
Illumination of a scene using artificial, available, practical lights and other lighting effects
What is lighting
300
Literally, cutting between different sets of action that can be occurring simultaneously or at different times. This is used to build suspense, or to show the relationship between the different sets of action.
What is crosscutting
300
Any place a film is being shot that is not a studio set.
What is location
400
A camera shot from a medium distance usually from the waist and up.
What is a mid-shot
400
This refers to the apparent distance of a sound. Clues to the distance of the source include the volume of the sound and the balance with other sounds, the frequency range (high frequencies may be lost at a distance), and the amount of echo and reverberation.
What is sound perspective
400
This aethetic system can have political, religious and cultural connotations, can represent gender and as believed by Kandisnky, can have emotional and physical effects on us. It can also improve our memory, influence buying decisions, indicate meaning and tell stories.
What is colour design
400
An interruption of a continuously filmed action by inserting a view of something else. A shot, usually a close-up of some detail or a landscape, that is used to break up a matching action sequence, and is often very helpful in editing to rescue you from an impossible break in continuity or coverage.
What is cutaway
400
A shot in which the subject or scene is filmed from above and the camera points down on the action, often to make the subject(s) small, weak and vulnerable
What is high angle shot
500
Shows the entire object or human figure and is usually intended to place it in some relation to its surroundings.
What is a long shot
500
Sound whose source is neither visible on the screen nor has been implied to be present in the action. It is represented as coming from a source outside story space.
What is non-diegetic sound
500
The overall look of a film that illustrates the setting and visual style of the story.
What is production design
500
A shot that occurs in the middle of a larger scene or shot, usually a close-up of some detail or object, that draws audience attention, provides specific information, or simply breaks up the film sequence.
What is insert
500
An unsettling in-camera effect that appears to undermine normal visual perception. The effect is achieved by using the setting of a zoom lens to adjust the angle of view while the camera dollies (or moves) towards or away from the subject
What is reverse zoom
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