Film Techniques
The arrangement of objects/people in a scene.
What is mis-en-scene?
Creates the effect that time is being passed.
What is a quick pan?
What is a close up?
Shows the character from the shoulders, up.
When a scene transitions through a slow fade away.
What is a dissolve?
a shot with an actor’s shoulder in the foreground, out of focus
What is a over the shoulder shot?
the presentation of visual elements in an image, especially the placement of the subject in relation to other objects
What is framing?
Props that are made less sturdy so that they break on impact.
What are breakaway props?
What is Low angle shot?
Shows the character from a low perspective.
A single image meant to draw focus or attention to a certain subject.
What is a freeze frame?
when a slowly pans up at a character or subject matter
What is tilt up?
The quadrant system, and also anything that is involved in making and producing the finished product.
What is form?
Refers to a work's subject matter, or what is being depicted.
What is content?
What is a medium shot?
Shows character from the waist, up.
A reference or paid respect to a previous film.
What is paying homage?
when the camera slowly moves toward the character or subject matter
What is a zoom shot?
Extreme backgrounds, a foreground and middle ground.
What is deep focus?
A reoccurring idea or visual/ audio signifier.
What is a motif?
What is a dutch shot/ angle?
A tilted shot.
The heavy metal that was playing in the car for the film Funny Games.
What is non diegetic sound?
when a shot captures a vertical transitional motion, almost as if the camera is hanging from the ceiling
What is a crane shot?
When a scene has three characters on screen talking or performing.
What is triangular composition?
a technique which employs optical illusion to make an object appear farther away, closer, larger or smaller than it actually is.
What is forced perspective?
What is a Cowboy shot?
Shot from the waist or hip, and up.
A cut from one shot to another where the two shots are matched by the action or subject matter.
What is match-cutting?
shows massive scale landscapes, from a much higher angle
What is a birds eye shot?