Shoot Your Shoot
Name Your Terms
Smoke and Mirrors
Who is Hiring
Give Me Directions
100
This shot is used to let your audience know when and where your story is taking place
Wide/Long/Establishing shot
100
Somewhat of a visual blueprint for your shots
Storyboards
100
Taken from the word "panorama," this is a horizontal movement in which the camera moves right to left (or vice versa) from a central axis
Panning
100
a creative professional who oversees the artistic aspects of a film production
director
100
It seems the director of this famous shot has always obsessed with "the way of water"
James Cameron
200
This shot is used to show greater detail to your audience
Close Up
200
A storyboard in video form, complete with dialogue, sound effects and timing
Animatic
200
Increasing /decreasing the focus of your subject without physically moving your camera in space
Zooming
200
the person who captures the director's vision on camera
A cinematographer (or director of photography)
200
If he's not busy directing iconic Black cinema like this, you can find him courtside at Madsion Square Garden
Spike Lee
300
The only way to get John Wayne's holster in the frame is with a
Cowboy Shot
300
Before you start filming, you'll want to know this, in order to know how it'll fill whichever screen you choose.
aspect ratio
300
Physically moving your camera in space to increase /decrease the focus of your subject without physically
Dollying
300
The person who is in charge of finding the right performers for a given project
Casting Director
300
Often obsessed with themes of time, the director of this film also directed the 3rd highest grossing film of 2023
Christopher Nolan
400
The tilt of this shot may make some vewers "unsettled"
Dutch Angle
400
Transitional sequences of rapidly edited images, used to suggest the lapse of time or the passing of events
Montage
400
When the camera shows the action of a scene from the perspective of a character
Point of View
400
Sure they are a painter, but they're an artist whose medium is the human body
make up artist
400
The director of this film really has his foot on the pulse of the hyper-action genre
Quentin Tarantino
500
Often called a hero shot, your character extends from the top of the frame to the bottom
Full Shot
500
a device, such as a tripod that helps improve the functionality and often the stability of a camera
Camera Rig
500
filmmakers use this trick to disorient the audience or create uneasiness by rotating the camera over its side on its long axis
Roll
500
This person works on sets to support the entire crew of a production.
Production Assistant (PA)
500
Certainly no "Little Woman" at the box office, this director is resposible for the highest grossing film of 2023
Greta Gerwig