Angles
Makes a character look taller and larger to show superiority or strength.
What is a low angle shot?
Puts emphasis on facial expressions or objects by showing them in detail.
What is an extreme close up shot?
The camera moves horizontally (right to left or left to right) from a fixed position.
What is panning?
Instrumental audio used to underscore emotion in a scene.
What is music?
The name of the star freighter and tugboat the crew pilot.
What is the Nostromo?
Makes a character look smaller and weaker to show vulnerability/inferiority.
What is a high angle shot?
Shows background and costuming, but focus remains on the character’s response to a scenario.
What is a mid shot?
The way a space is lit up or shadowed to create emotional effect and guide attention.
What is lighting?
They way characters talk to each other, and what is said.
What is dialogue?
The last crew member to die.
Who is Lambert?
Shows the location, setting, and time of day.
What is an establishing shot?
Shows the whole character, their posture, and costume, as well as the overall setting.
What is a long shot?
The clothing characters wear that tell us something about them.
What is costume?
Sounds that the audience can hear, but that the characters onscreen cannot.
What is non-diegetic sound?
The name of the cat.
Who is Jones?
Provides context for the setting, and is often used as a form of establishing shot.
What is a birds eye view shot?
Shows proximity between characters – helps us understand their connection or tension.
What is an over-the-shoulder shot?
The use of an image or item to represent a larger theme (i.e: Ash representing corporate greed and exploitation).
What is symbolism?
Sounds that exist in the world of the film -- both characters and audience can hear these.
What is diegetic sound?
The first character to die as a result of the fully matured Xenomorph.
Who is Brett?
An extreme version of the low angle shot -- makes subjects look massive and exaggerates scale.
What is a worms eye view shot?
A shot that shows two characters at the same time.
What is a two shot?
A French word that means "everything in the scene".
What is mise-en-scene?
Sounds added in post-production to enhance atmosphere and realism in a scene (like the cannons in the arena).
What are sound effects?
The first person to wake up from the stasis pods.
Who is Kane?