Shot Sizes and Angles
Also referred to as a long shot, a camera shot that shows the entire object or person and their relation to what surrounds them
What is a Wide Shot?
Movement of the camera from side to side in a fixed position
What is a Pan or Panning?
Sound only characters in the film can hear
What id Diegetic Sound?
When one shot switches to another shot, usually cutting on the action
What is a Standard Cut?
Everything and anything that is put within a frame or shot
What is Mise en Scene?
Typically a wide shot, and the opener of a scene, it tells the audience where (and sometimes when) the next scene will occur
What is an Establishing Shot
A stationary camera shot that follows along side a subject through a scene or environment
What is a Tracking?
When the set is lit brightly to convey happiness and warmth
High Key Lighting
When a singular shot is cut up to leap ahead several frames to denote time passing
What is a Jump Cut?
The lines said by actors to relay the story to the audience, usually written in the script.
What is Dialogue?
Shot used for dialogue sequences that allow the viewer to pick up on the character's body language and gestures.
What is a Medium Shot or Midshot?
A camera mounted on a Dolly that tracks the subject from in front or from behind the subject.
What is a Dolly Shot?
A silhouette is created when the subject is placed between the light source and the camera
What is Back Lighting?
When several shots are put together with a score to show the passing of time and/or the development of a character
What is a Montage?
When an actor is given a role in a film because audiences will recognise them
What is Casting?
A shot of someone or something taken from the perspective or camera angle from literally over the shoulder of a person, usually in the scene. It can be framed at any size.
What is an Over the Shoulder shot?
When the shot size changes from wide to close up on a subject or vice versa
What is a Zoom?
Music added to the scene to enhance mood, tension or emotion
What is a Score or Soundtrack?
When the scene goes dark and lights up to another scene
What is a Cross Fade?
What is used to show an audience what sort of role a character is playing, for example, an armed police officer.
What is Costume and Props?
On-set or shooting term that refers to a reverse angle that compliments the over the shoulder shot used to help continuity of dialogue and helps to build intimacy and power struggles within the frame.
What is Coverage?
When the two lens inside the camera changes length between each other to change the depth of field of a shot to vary what is focused in the frame
What is a Focus Pull or Rack Pull?
When an audience hears a characters thoughts expressing what they're thinking
What is Internal Diegetic Sound?
When two or more scenes are cut together to denote they are happening at simultaneous times
What Cross Cutting or Parallel Cutting
Something that is happening off camera that the character might be reacting to.
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