Camera Shots
A shot from the waist up
What is Medium Shot
The camera moves up and down, like your head nodding
What is tilt
Camera is at eye level with subject
What is eye level shot
Display device that prompts the person speaking with an electronic visual text
The creative lead for the film
What is Director
The subject’s head fills the frame - or very close to subject or object
What is Close Up
The camera can get closer and farther away from the subject due to the lense
What is zooming in/zooming out
Camera is above the subject, tilted down towards them
High Angle Shot
An instrument for converting sound waves into electrical energy variations which may then be amplified, transmitted, or recorded.
The person who assembles the footage of feature films
What is editor
The Camera sees the perspective from the point of view of the subject
What is Point of View Shot
The camera moving to the right or to the left (the way your head shakes no)
What is panning
Camera is below the subject, tilted up towards them
What is Low Angle
A hardware device used to switch or choose between different audio or video sources
What is a switcher
The person responsible for making the business- and budget-related decisions of the project
What is producer
A very wide shot that shows the setting/place of a scene
What is Establishing Shot
This camera shot follows a moving subject
What is a tracking shot
Camera is placed directly above the subject
What is overhead shot
A filmmaking tool used during film production to help synchronize the audio and video in post-production
What is a slate
Who assembles and operates the sound equipment
What is sound engineer technician
The camera is far from subject - shows lots of background - subject or object seen from head to toe/top to bottom
What is a wide shot
The camera is literally moving along with your subject, on tracks
What is Dolly Shot
Camera is positioned directly beneath the subject, looking up.
What is Undershot
Device used for mixing, balancing and combining different sounds and audio signals,
Audio Mixer
The person who sets up, rigs, programs, monitors, repairs, and operates lighting equipment
What is lighting technician