Film Genres
Shot Types
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Animation Dissertation
100

-The genre is designed to frighten people with a lot of shocking or scary scenes.

Horror

100

This angle illustrates the new found power that Peter Parker feels from his spider suit.

low angle shot

100

The focal length of the lens changes, making the object appear to move closer or further away

Zoom

100

An abrupt transition of visual content from one shot to another; most common form of editing.

Cut

100

What else to say except "you're welcome" for this 3d animated movie released in 2016

Moana

200

The genre usually includes high energy, stunts, fights or non-stop motions. It is usually at a fast pace.

Action

200

sets the scene or shows the space of a scene; often a long shot

wide shot

200

The camera pivots along the horizontal axis, left or right; usually for viewer to take in scenery

Pan

200

Movement into action that has happened in the past, often signified by a change in music, voice-over narration, or a dissolve

Flashback

200

A 3d animated movie released in 2017 about "amor," "familia," and talking "calaveras." 

CoCo

300

-The genre is usually light-hearted and provokes laughter by exaggerating the situation, the characters, and the language.

Comedy

300

This shot is the most natural; subjects are shot from the middle up

Medium Shot

300

The camera itself is moving with the action – on a track, on wheels, or hand held

Tracking or Dolly Shot

300

Scene transitions to black (or another color); often implies that time has passed.

Fade

300

Released in 2016, this 3d animated film starring Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman featured themes like prejudice and xenophobia

Zootopia

400

this genre is dark, engrossing, and suspenseful plot-driven stories

thriller

400

a type of camera shot in which a character's entire body reaches from the top of the frame to the bottom of the frame

full shot

400

The camera moves up and down along the vertical axis

Tilt

400

An image overlaps into another; can create a connection between images

Dissolve

400

Set in Maine during the Cold War era, this 1999 2d animated film stars a boy and his best friend: a 50 ft tall alien robot.

The Iron Giant

500

This genre is fictional motion-picture pretending to record reality

mockumentary

500

A shot whose only objective is to draw the viewer's attention to a single aspect inside a scene

Insert

500

when a director shifts the focus from one object to another in the same shot in order to direct the audience’s attention. Often signifies a change of power or significance.

rack focus

500

A collection of shots forming a natural unit; the shots are no longer perceived as a set of individual shots.

Sequence

500

Starring Catherine O'Hara and Martin Short, this 2012 film is Tim Burtons second forray into stop motion animation

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