Camera Angles & Movement
Movement of the Camera
What is Camera Movement?
Common way to transition
What is cut?
The opposite of harmony
What is dissonance?
Patch of brightness on a surface
What is Highlight?
Recognized by emotional effect
What is a horror film?
Implies distance between the camera and the subject
What is shot type?
Pass by effect has moving character or anything to transition to the next scene
What is passing?
Sound effects produced to enhance the realism of actions in the scene
What is foley?
Short for ‘property’, much consideration goes into the strategic inclusion and positioning of functional objects to support the narrative
What is a Prop?
Established in 1910’s: earliest film genres based on historical reality; the American Frontier
What is Western film?
A shot taken from a high viewpoint, as though it is taken from a drone showing a bird’s eye view.
What is Ariel shot?
Editor cuts between two or more shots that focuses on the same area or frame, gets viewers attention on it
What is eye trace?
Sound which has its source in the scene, or ‘world of the film’
What is diegetic sound?
The visual information in a scene or shot includes setting, lighting, color, shape, costume, make-up, expression, movement, and symmetry.
What is Mise-en-scene?
Films categorized based on recurring images or people
What is genre iconography?
Often used for dramatic or comedix effect, fast
What is Crash zoom?
Shot abrupt cut to one scene to another with high contrast in both visuals and audio.
What is smash cut?
A recurring beat forming a pattern
What is Rhythm?
high contrast to highlight things, they also show sadness
What is low-key lighting?
People sing in situations of everyday life
What is a straight musical?
Turns camera on long axis while maintaining the direction of the lens, distort and unsettling, upetting
What is Camera roll?
Any transition or audio that uses elements from previous scene to batch
What is match cut?
A recording of the sound at the location of the shoot
What is Room tone?
The performance of an actor reveals the character traits of the character by showing
What is individualized acting?
Response + birthed due to technological innovation
What is a musical?