shots
angles
camera movement
lighting
potpourri
100
taken from a great distance, almost always exterior shots and shows the scene location.
What is extreme long shot
100
scene directly overhead, viewers have authority, power (audience omnipotence)
What is birds eye view
100
wide angle to close-up. Gives viewers the scene they're being thrust into a scene.
What is zoom
100
bright and even illumination and few conspicuous shadows.
What is high key
100
French director who has shot music videos for artists such as Bjork, The White Stripes, Beck, and Foo Fighters
Who is Michell Goundry
200
concentrates on a relatively small object; elevates the importance
What is close up
200
increases height, suggesting verticality. Heightens importance.
What is low angle
200
Harnessed onto the cinematographer and moves with them.
What is hand-held
200
Dark setting. Diffused shadows and atmospheric pools of light.
What is low key
200
Used in a camera to capture footage
What is film
300
closest of the long shots' barely includes the human body. Back round fades away, more focus on character.
What is full shot
300
considered neutral
What is eye level shot
300
Camera moves horizontally
What is a pan
300
Harsh shafts of lights and dramatic streaks of darkness.
What is high contrast
300
Sometimes mistaken for sasquatch
Who is Robin Williams
400
Human figure from waist up, useful for carrying movement of dialogue
What is medium shot
400
reduces the height of objects and usually include the floor or ground as back round. Suggests entrapment, powerlessness, and characters self-contempt
What is high angle
400
camera pans, but vertically
What is tilt
400
Camera moves backwards away from action in the frame
What is dolly
500
Entire body of actor/actress is shown with ample space around him/her.
What is long shot
500
lateral tilt of the camera. Suggests tension, transition, anxiety, and impending movement.
What is oblique angle (Dutch angle)
500
camera pans so fast only blurred images are shown
What is swish
500
"Everyone has more potential than I do." ~Henry Chinaski
Who is Charles Bukowski
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