Shot Types
Tightly frames the subject from the neck up
A subject shot at eye level.
What is an eye-level, or neutral, shot?
The manager and leader of the artistic aspects of a film production
Who is the director?
Who is Akira Kurosawa?
Who is Lebron James?
Subjects viewed from the waist up.
What is a medium shot?
A cut from one shot to another where the composition of the two shots is matched by the action or subject and subject matter.
What is a match cut?
The director of photography on a movie shoot.
Who is the Cinematographer?
The director of Persona.
Who is Ingmar Bergman.
The defending champions.
Who is the Milwaukee Bucks?
This shot frames the Full Subject
What is a long shot?
Refers to everything placed on the stage or in front of the camera—including people.
What Is Mise en Scène?
In charge of Assembling and cutting the film together.
Who is the Editor?
The "Grandmother of the New Wave"
Who is Agnès Varda.
Who is Paul George?
What is a Medium Close Up?
A shot that is slightly tilted. Commonly used to increase tension within the frame.
What is a dutch tilt angle?
Someone who finds financing for and supervises the making and presentation of a film
Who is the Producer?
Director of the Big City.
Who is Satyajit Ray?
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Sets the Scene or Emphasizes Setting
What is an establishing shot?
An abrupt transition between shots, sometimes deliberate, that is disorienting in terms of the continuity of space and time. (A very common editing technique used in the French New Wave).
What is a Jump Cut.
The chief electrician on a movie production set.
Director of The Batman (2022).
Who is Matt Reaves.
The late great Basketball player is also a devout cinephile.
Who is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?