Film Vocab
The creative leader of a film
Film Director
What are the 3 types of angles we consistently practice /learned in class
high, low, eye-level
A written document created by a screenwriter that serves as the blueprint for a film. It contains all the dialogue, describes the settings (locations), and specifies the actions of the characters, telling the story in a structured format.
Script or Screenwriter
The main box of the camera where the film or digital sensor lives. The lens screws onto this part.
Camera Body
In Black Panther, what is the name of the fictional country where most of the film takes place?
Wakanda
What Is The Definition Of Film?
A story told through moving images and sound.
A filmmaker uses this camera angle during a scene where a character is being confronted, overwhelmed, or made to appear weak; such, as a student being scolded by a principal or a suspect surrounded by police, so the audience feels their lack of power.
A high Angle
The transformation or inner journey of a main character over the course of the story. It describes how the character changes emotionally, mentally, or morally from the beginning of the film to the end.
Character Arc
Making the subject look closer by adjusting the lens (the camera itself does not move).
Zoom In
In Encanto, what makes Mirabel different from the rest of her family?
She does not have mystical powers
What are the 4 types of films?
Animation, Experimental, Narrative, Documentary
When capturing, the camera is far away and shows the character from head to toe, plus a lot of the surrounding environment.
Wide shot
A character begins the story kind, hopeful, and morally strong. Over time, repeated failures and bad choices slowly turn them bitter and corrupt, even though they believe they are justified.
Negatve Character Arc
The set of glass pieces on the front of the camera that gathers light and focuses the image onto the sensor.
Camera Lens
In On My Block episode 1, What is the main reason Cesar is being pressured by a gang at the beginning of the episode?
His family/brother all are affiliated
The person whose job is to physically hold and move the camera to film the shot the Director asks for
Camera Operator
The camera is very close and fills the frame with the subject's face or a small, important object.
Close Up Shot
The main character of a story who drives the plot forward and faces the central conflict.
They’re the character the audience follows most closely not always the “good guy,” but the one whose journey the story is about.
Protagonist
a 3x3 grid over your image Placing your subject not in the center, but along the lines or at the intersections, makes the picture more interesting and balanced.
Rule Of Thirds
In Maze Runner, What is the first thing Thomas experiences when he arrives in the Glade?
He wakes up with no memory
This film term refers to the process of selecting, ordering, and assembling shots to create meaning, control pacing, and shape the emotional impact of a scene.
editing
It puts the audience inside the conversation, showing the connection and reaction between the two people.
Over the shoulder shot
Despite facing challenges, loss, and opposition, a character’s core beliefs never change. Instead, their consistency forces the people and world around them to change.
Flat Arc
In where to invade next what does Michael Moore discover in the country France?
Healthier school lunch or better treament of workers
Why does Starr change the way she talks and acts depending on where she is?
To code-switch and fit in at her school while staying safe in her neighborhood.