Film Genres
-The genre is designed to frighten people with a lot of shocking or scary scenes.
Horror
This angle illustrates the new found power that Peter Parker feels from his spider suit.
low angle shot
The focal length of the lens changes, making the object appear to move closer or further away
Zoom
An abrupt transition of visual content from one shot to another; most common form of editing.
Cut
What else to say except "you're welcome" for this 3d animated movie released in 2016
Moana
The genre usually includes high energy, stunts, fights or non-stop motions. It is usually at a fast pace.
Action
sets the scene or shows the space of a scene; often a long shot
wide shot
The camera pivots along the horizontal axis, left or right; usually for viewer to take in scenery
Pan
Movement into action that has happened in the past, often signified by a change in music, voice-over narration, or a dissolve
Flashback
A 3d animated movie released in 2017 about "amor," "familia," and talking "calaveras."
CoCo
-The genre is usually light-hearted and provokes laughter by exaggerating the situation, the characters, and the language.
Comedy
This shot is the most natural; subjects are shot from the middle up
Medium Shot
The camera itself is moving with the action – on a track, on wheels, or hand held
Tracking or Dolly Shot
Scene transitions to black (or another color); often implies that time has passed.
Fade
Released in 2016, this 3d animated film starring Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman featured themes like prejudice and xenophobia
Zootopia
this genre is dark, engrossing, and suspenseful plot-driven stories
thriller
a type of camera shot in which a character's entire body reaches from the top of the frame to the bottom of the frame
full shot
The camera moves up and down along the vertical axis
Tilt
An image overlaps into another; can create a connection between images
Dissolve
Set in Maine during the Cold War era, this 1999 2d animated film stars a boy and his best friend: a 50 ft tall alien robot.
The Iron Giant
This genre is fictional motion-picture pretending to record reality
mockumentary
A shot whose only objective is to draw the viewer's attention to a single aspect inside a scene
Insert
when a director shifts the focus from one object to another in the same shot in order to direct the audience’s attention. Often signifies a change of power or significance.
rack focus
A collection of shots forming a natural unit; the shots are no longer perceived as a set of individual shots.
Sequence
Starring Catherine O'Hara and Martin Short, this 2012 film is Tim Burtons second forray into stop motion animation
Frankenweenie