Shot Sizes & Camera Movement
A far away shot size that helps establish the setting.
What is an establishing shot?
Uses a bold contrast between light and dark
What is low key lighting or contrast lighting?
Quick succession of images
What is a montage?
Biased or racist portrayals of people
What are stereotypes?
Frames the actors from the waist up
Medium Shot
Uses darkness and shadows
What is low-key lighting?
A transition where one image is slowly replaced by another
What is a dissolve?
Narratives that uplift or affirm a group of people
What is an affirming narrative?
The camera moves side to side from one spot
What is panning?
Is bright and open looking
What is high-key lighting?
An abrupt transition from one shot to another?
What is a transition or cut
Narratives that use common stereotypes
Dominant narratives
When the camera moves along with the scene or movement of the action
What is tracking?
Creates suspense
Editing cuts that incorporate audio from the previous or next shot
What are J-cuts and L-cuts?
Oppression that is found in social organizations like film studios
What is institutional oppression?
The camera moves up and down from one spot
What is tilting?
Creates warmth and happiness
What is high-key lighting?
Sound that cannot be heard by the characters
What is non-diegetic sound?
Standing in solidarity with a group or cause, even if it comes with legal or social risks
What is accompliceship?