SHOT TYPES
FILE FORMATS
GRIP GEAR
SCREENPLAY ABBREVIATIONS
EDITING
100

A shot which gives the subject a sense of power of importance.

What is a low-angle shot?

100

This is the uncompressed audio file format.

What is a .wav file?

100

This color scrim (or net) will reduce a light’s brightness by the equivalent of ½ f-stop.

What is green?


100

EXT


 

What is exterior?

100

These are the two names given to cuts which purposely offset the video and audio cuts.

What are J-cuts and L-cuts?

200

A shot which give the subject a sense of powerlessness or vulnerability.

What is a high-angle shot?

200

This is the file format that H.264 will give you.

What is mp4?

200

These are the three pieces of grip gear you need to hang a light overhead on a drop ceiling.


What are scissor clamp, scissor loop, and safety chain?

200

INT

What is interior?


200

This should NEVER be at the head of a commercial.

What is a black frame?

300

A shot which moves (often following a subject).

What is a tracking shot?

300

This file format was created by the Joint Photographic Experts Group.

What is jpeg?

300

You can use this to hold nets, flags, silks, boom mic, etc.

What is a C-stand?

300

CU

What is close up?

300

If you want to change what is seen within a clip on the timeline of Premier Pro CC, without changing its duration or position, you would use this tool.

What is the Slip Tool?

400

A shot which shows one person (often in a medium-closeup) and the back and head of another subject.

What is an Over The Shoulder shot?

400

These are the TWO file formats which will allow a transparent layer.

What are png and tiff?

400

These are the four sizes of apple boxes.

What are full, half, quarter, and eighth (pancake)?

400

OTS

What is over-the-shoulder?

400

This Premiere Pro tool will allow you change the speed of a clip.

What is the Rate Stretch tool?

500

A shot which is purposely not level.

What is a Dutch tilt (angle) shot?

500

This Windows-based video file format will not work on Mac computers.

What is avi or wmv?

500

An apple box, which is standing on its side and is at its maximum height, is said to be in this position.

What is New York?

500

MCU

What is medium close up?

500

If you want to continue working in Premier Pro CC while you’re exporting a Sequence, you can send the Sequence to this Premiere companion software.

What is Adobe Media Encoder?