Character/ Word
the personality, beliefs or drive of a character.
internal features
•Shows the subject’s relationship to their environment
wide shot
used in a coffin shot
ground level shot
•establish dominance
tilt
when you refer to a costume fabric choice, we are referring to
texture
the character's physical traits, mannerisms, and features
external traits
•Shows the viewer Geography
Establishing Shot
•MOST COMMON SHOT
eye level shot
•Used to follow a character through a scene.
tracking shot
What is at risk if the character fails to achieve their goal
stakes
§a point of view or way of seeing the world.
perspective
•filling a frame with your subject
extreme close up
•Creates a sense of disorientation, unease, maniac
dutch angle
•our eyes are unable to recreate
zoom
something that stands in the way of a character obtaining what they want.
obstacle
the person opposing the main character
antagonist
•Focus on the what the subject is interacting with
Medium SHot
•Can be called “God’s Eye View”
overhead angle
•create a feeling of chaos or instability
random
the main character(s), whose journey the story is about.
protagonist
the setting if often referred to...
the world
•frames your subject from roughly the chest up.
medium close up
•Emphasizes the “weakness” of the subject
high angle shot
•orbits the camera around a subject
arc
a story which conventionally can be read or told from the beginning to the end
linear storytelling