Film Shots
Film Technique
General
Points of View
Terminology
100
This shows a subject from the knees up.
What is a medium shot.
100
This is where the camera is mounted to a cart and moved along a set of rails.
What is a dolly shot.
100
This is the technical term for everything in front of the camera?
What is Mise en Scène
100
This is when the camera looks straight across at the subject of a shot.
What is an eye level shot.
100
This is sound that has a source within the story of a film.
What is Diegetic sound.
200
This shot allows the audience to see a character in relation to their surroundings.
What is a long shot.
200
This is where the camera has the same movement as a person shaking their head "no."
What is a pan.
200
These were early black and white films that did not have sound.
What is silent films.
200
This camera angle is often used to show the dominance and power of a character.
What is a low angle.
200
This is sound that comes from outside of the story of a film.
What is non-diegetic sound.
300
This is the best shot for allowing the audience to see the emotion of a character.
What is a close up.
300
With the help of a special lens it appears that the camera is moving towards or away from a subject.
What is a zoom.
300
Although not common place until the 1960s this is when films first began being recorded in colour.
What is the 1930s.
300
This camera angle is often used to express the vulnerability of a character.
What is a high angle.
300
This is the technical name for all the movements that actors make on set.
What is blocking.
400
This shot allows the audience to see a single facial feature.
What is an extreme close up.
400
This is where the camera moves as if it were a person nodding their head "yes."
What is a tilt.
400
This is when a subject is framed by something (window, door, etc.) within the shot of a film.
What is internal framing.
400
This is when the camera is tilted to create an unlevel shot.
What is a canted angle.
400
This is the technical term for empty space within a frame.
What is negative space.
500
This is the technical term for the perceived distance of the camera to the subject it is shooting.
What is proxemics.
500
This is a shot where the camera takes on the perspective of one of the characters in a shot.
What is a point of view shot.
500
This is the illusion of a still picture being placed in a film. It is created by multiple identical frames being placed in a film in a row.
What is a freeze frame.
500
This is the angle used when looking up from a high angle. Usually used when something very important is about to happen in a film.
What is the angle of destiny.
500
This is the name for a frame in which the subject looks very small in comparison to their environment.
What is open space.
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