Camera angles/movement
Editing
Sound/music
Mise-en-scene
Genre Conventions
100

A shot taken from a low angle.

What is Low Angle?

100

A shot which fades to black

What is Fade Out?

100
Sound which has it's source in the scene.

What is Diegetic sound?

100

Things created to make that place what it is intended to be.

What are Props?

100

The setting is a small town, field, gym, or competition.

What is "Sports Film?

200

A shot taken from a high viewpoint. 

What is Aerial?

200

Briefly superimposes the end of Shot A and Shot B.

What is Dissolve?

200
Sound which does not have it's source in the film world.

What is non-diegetic sound?

200

This can tell us who a character is, their attitudes and how they are feeling.

What are Costumes?

200

The character types are victims, lawbreakers, forces of justice, and bystanders.

What is "Crime Thriller"?

300

A shot that shows a part of something to draw attention to the thing/person.

What is Close-up?

300

Shot B replaced Shot A by a boundary line moving across the screen.

What is Wipe?

300

The frequency of a sound.

What is Pitch?

300

Origin was necessary because actors’ faces would not register well on film.

What is Makeup?

300

The plot pattern is conflict between civilized order and lawless frontier, stand-off.

What is "Western Film"?

400

This is a shot taken with a tilted horizon.

What is Canted Angle?

400

Editing to construct film space.

What is Spatial Relations?
400

Simultaneous or consecutive musical notes which according to convention sound harsh or unpleasant.

What is Dissonance?

400

This can act as a trigger for a certain emotion or link to other important moments in the narrative.

What is Lighting?

400

The character types are the struggler and the love interest.

What is "Musical Film"?

500

A camera support with wheels to facilitate tracking shots.

What is Dolly?

500

Editing to present action in a way that it consumes less time on screen than the story.

What is Elliptical Editing?

500

A collection of background sounds which reinforce the realism of a scene.

What is Soundscape?

500

Helps filmmakers reveal crucial details about characters and plot through visual means.

What is Narrative Exposition?

500

 Films categorized based on recurring images or people.

What is Genre Iconography?

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