Film Techniques
Characters
Light
Literary Techniques
100
A single piece of film uninterrupted by cuts.
Shot
100
African-American detective investigating shooting of Detective Lewis
Graham Waters
100
What kind of lighting may often be used to make the subject seem evil?
Back/Side Lighting
100
Describing words, often used to make the reader feel a particular way about an issue
Adjective
200
A shot created by placing the camera anywhere below a character and pointing it upward
Low angle shot
200
Caucasian officer on the LAPD for 17 years
Officer Ryan
200
Brighter lighting on the face of the subject may imply: ___
Kindness/Heroism
200
Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis
Repetition
300
Contains one characters face
Close up
300
Rick’s uptight wife
Jean
300
A worn-out idea or overused expression
Cliche
400
Often a long shot or a series of shots that sets the scene. It is used to establish setting and to show transitions between locations.
Establishing shot
400
El Salvadorian/Puerto Rican detective also on the Lewis case; she and Graham are romantically involved
Ria
400
A play on words often relying on homophones, homonyms or rhymes.
Pun
500
A shot in which the camera moves smoothly to focus on a specific feature
Tracking shot or Dolly shot
500
Farhad & Shereen’s daughter. She works in the medical field & does not want her father to have a gun (She buys “blanks”).
Dorri
500
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Personification