Sound
Shot Types & Proxemics
Camera Angles
Editing
Camera Movement
100
It includes all the sounds viewers may hear during a film: background music, ambient sound, additional effects to create a mood, etc.
What is Sound Effects (SFX)?
100
The shot frames the subject from a distance and focuses on its surroundings. The character is usually still noticeable in the frame, but not always necessary.
What is the Extreme Long Shot (Extreme Wide Shot?
100
refers to when the level of your camera is placed at the same height as the eyes of the characters in your frame.
What is eye-level view?
100
is any transition, audio or visual, that uses elements from the previous scene to fluidly bring the viewer through to the next scene
What is a match cut?
100
is horizontal movement in which the camera moves right to left (or vice versa) from a central axis. Taken from the word "panorama," the physical position of the camera itself does not move.
What is a pan?
200
Inique sounds created from a variety of props and equipment to simulate everyday sounds. Created in post production.
What is foley sound?
200
a shot in filmmaking or television that sets up the context for the scene ahead, designed to inform the audience where the action will be taking place. It shows the relationship between people and objects, and establishes the scene’s geography.
What is Establishing Shot?
200
The camera appears to be shooting from directly above the subject, extremely high angle. It's somewhere around a 90-degree angle above the scene taking place.
What is Bird's eye?
200
Cutting between the same shot to show passing of time. It is when a single shot is broken with a cut that makes the subject appear to jump instantly forward in time.
What is a jump cut?
200
the camera stays fixed but rotates up and down on a vertical plane which is similar to the motion of an individual raising or lowering their heads
What is a tilt shot?
300
A process whereby sound is added to film. This may take the form of adding additional sound to dialogue, or it may refer to the addition of an entire dialogue.
What is dubbing?
300
a shot that frames the subject from just above their head down to about midway on their torso. The idea of a medium close-up shot is that you can still easily register the actor's emotions and facial expressions while also retaining some of the background.
What is Medium Close Up Shot (MCU)?
300
when the camera looks down on the character or subject from an elevated perspective. This is usually achieved by placing the camera higher than the subject and then angling it down on them.
What is a high angle?
300
is an editing technique that cuts separate actions together to illustrate moments that take place simultaneously within the narrative structure.
What is crosscut?
300
is a specific kind of tracking shot where we follow a subject on an apparatus or a cart that the camera is mounted on, which rolls along dolly track or on its own wheels.
What is dolly shot?
400
The sound works against what we see on the screen. For example, horrific acts of violence are accompanied by bright, happy, energetic music rather than the sinister, threatening incidental music we may expect.
What is diegetic sound?
400
(also known as waist shot) is captured at a medium distance from the subject. It is used for dialogue scenes, but also depict body language and more of the setting. Oftentimes it will frame multiple subjects as well as a portion of the background and space in general.
What is medium shot?
400
Photographing from below as if you were looking up at the world around you. As you can imagine, this makes all subjects look very large, even if they are very small in reality. The subjects presented in this way look as though they hold power over the viewer, and can seem very intimidating.
What is a worm's eye view?
400
a shot that "cuts away" from the main action to any shot that adds visual information, and then returns to the original shot with new meaning.
What is cutaway shot?
400
is when the focal length of a camera lens is adjusted to give the illusion of moving closer or further away from the subject.
What is zoom shot?
500
The sound works against what we see on the screen. For example, horrific acts of violence are accompanied by bright, happy, energetic music rather than the sinister, threatening incidental music we may expect.
What is contrapuntal sound?
500
frames a subject very closely, often so much so that the outer portions of the subject are cut off by the edges of the frame. On an actor, this is commonly used to show specific portions of the body, like the face or hip, but it can go closer to show only an actor’s mouth, or even a single eye.
What is Extreme Close-Up Shot (ECU)?
500
is a type of camera shot that has a noticeable tilt on the camera’s “x-axis.” Directors often use this angle to signal to the viewer that something is wrong, disorienting, or unsettling.
What is Dutch Angle? (or Dutch Tilt, Canted Angle, Oblique Angle)
500
refers to when an action takes place on screen, and then cuts to a separate shot that allows the viewer to see the reaction to this action from other players in the scene.
What is a reaction shot?
500
is taken by a camera mounted on a jib or crane that moves up and down. The main function is to extend your camera out over a tripod, moving the camera up, down, left, right, or in any of those combinations.
What is crane/jib?