Camera Angles & Movement
This shot captures the face.
What is a close-up shot?
This is the most basic type of cut it goes from one shot to the next.
What is a straight cut?
This type of sound comes from the world inside the film, like footsteps or dialogue.
What is diegetic sound?
This refers to everything you see on screen, like the setting, costumes, and props.
What is mise-en-scene?
This genre often features fast-paced action, explosions, and heroes saving the day.
What is an action film?
This angle looks down on the subject from above, making them seem smaller or weaker.
What is a high-angle shot?
This transition slowly brings in a new image from a black screen.
What is a fade-in?
This type of sound, like a soundtrack or background music, comes from outside the world of the film.
What is non-diegetic?
This part of mise-en-scene involves what the characters wear, helping to show their personality, status, or role in the story.
What is costume?
In this genre, you’ll likely find ghosts, monsters, or anything meant to scare the audience.
What is a horror film?
This type of camera movement follows a subject smoothly through a scene.
What is a tracking shot?
This smooth transition fades one shot out while fading the next one in (the scene is slowly coming in).
What is a dissolve?
This sound is what we hear when characters are talking in a scene.
What is dialogue?
This part of mise-en-scene refers to the way lighting is used to create mood or focus attention.
What is lighting?
This genre typically includes a love story between two characters.
What is a romance film?
This camera move starts close to the subject and slowly moves away and keeps going further and further.
What is a dolly zoom?
This type of edit cuts between two characters or places to show they are connected or in the same situation.
What is cross-cutting?
This sound effect is often used to exaggerate movements, like a door creaking or footsteps echoing.
What is Foley sound?
These are the objects in a scene, like a weapon or a book, that add meaning to the story or show important details about the characters.
What are props?
This genre often involves a crime, mystery, or detective work.
What is a mystery or crime film?
This very close-up shot shows just part of a face or small object (super close).
What is an extreme close-up shot?
This technique shows a flash of something important from the past, often to explain the present.
What is a flashback?
This type of music often changes with the action on-screen, like playing a dramatic or sad melody when something intense happens.
What is a film score?
This refers to the time and place where the story occurs, including the environment and location.
What is setting?
This genre usually takes place in the future or in space, with cool technology, aliens, or adventures on other planets.
What is a science fiction film?