This type of camera framing is generally used for scene-setting and often shows an EXTERIOR, such as the outside of a building, or a landscape.
master or establishing shot
100
A mechanical assembly of lens elements in which the focal length can be varied, as opposed to a fixed focal length or prime lens
zoom lens
100
This is a single shot inserted into a sequence of shots that momentarily interrupts the flow of action, usually introducing a pertinent detail.
cutaway
100
Any type of sound or audio effect whose origin you cannot see onscreen, or which is not matched with a visible source of the sound onscreen.
asynchronous sound
100
A graphic overlay placed in the title-safe lower area of the screen.
lower third
200
Everything in a scene, including the way it is arranged. Costumes, actors, sets, props, lighting, etc...
mise en scène
200
The proportion of picture width to height (1.33:1, 1.66:1, 1.85:1 or 2.35:1).
aspect ratio
200
When you cut from one scene to a totally different one, and two similarly shaped objects in the two scenes occupy the same place in each shot's frame.
match cut
200
A catchall phrase for fine-tuning sound in postproduction.
Refers to subtly mixing an additional sound to a pre-existing sound to enhance or improve the pre-existing sound
sweeten
200
Digital, computer-based, non-destructive editing, so-called because a hard drive allows the easy arrangement of clips in any order.
non-linear editing
300
A cinematography guideline which states that two characters in a scene should maintain the same left/right relationship to one another. This invisible axis connects two subjects in a shot...
180 line
300
In film and television production, this is a term for supplemental or alternative footage intercut with the main shot.
B roll
300
This is an editorial device in which the action is noticeably advanced in time, either accidentally or for the purpose of creating an effect on the viewer.
jump cut
300
Sound recorded at the actual location of principal photography, whether on-stage at a movie lot or on-location.
location sound or production sound
300
An editing technique in which some or all of the original video clip and audio are replaced with new footage.
insert edit
400
This camera angle shows a scene from directly overhead, or nearly overhead, and may seem unnatural or strange.
bird's eye view
400
A type of colorless filter that reduces the amount of light that enters a camera lens in controlled degrees, but does not change the quality or hue of the light.
neutral density filter
400
This edit narrows our view to a smaller portion of a larger scene, forcing viewers to look at someone or something in greater detail
cut in
400
Creating sound effects by watching picture and mimicking the action, often with props that do not exactly match the action. For example, footsteps...
foley
400
This boundary is 10% in from each edge of the frame. All essential text, logos, graphics, and titles should be inside this inner boundary.
title safe
500
A shot in which the camera is angled so that the horizontal frame line is not parallel to the horizon.
What is Dutch angle
500
In film or photography, this is the general technique of taking several shots of the same subject using different camera settings, typically varying exposure parameters.
bracketing
500
A type of edit in which you still hear the audio from the previous shot, even though we’ve moved on to the visual of another shot.
L cut
500
A process of re-recording dialog in the studio in synchronization with the picture. Also known as "looping."
ADR or automatic dialog replacement
500
This is short for compressor/decompressor. Technology for compressing (encoding) and decompressing (decoding) data, that can be implemented in software, hardware or both