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Shots/Framing
Camera Angles/Movements
Lighting
Editing/Sound
Miscellaneous
100
The most common camera shot
What is Medium Shot
100
A stationary camera that moves side to side
What is Pan
100
Direct lighting from below, often making the subject appear dangerous or evil
What is Bottom lighting
100
The most common editing technique
What is a Cut
100
The arrangement of performers and properties on a stage for a theatrical production or in front of a camera in a film
What is Mise en Scene
200
A single piece of film uninterrupted by cuts
What is a Shot
200
Stationary camera where the lens moves to make an object look closer or farther away from the camera
What is Zoom
200
Scene is flooded with light, creating a bright and open-looking scene
What is High Key
200
Sound that could be logically heard by the characters in the film
What is Diegetic
200
This camera angle has the effect of making the subject look larger than normal, and therefore strong, powerful, and threatening
What is Low Angle
300
A shot from some distance. If showing a person, the full body is shown
What is a Long Shot
300
90 to 95 percent of shots are seen from this angle
What is Eye Level
300
Direct lighting from one side, this may indicate a split-personality or moral ambiguity
What is Side Lighting
300
Sound that could not be heard by the characters
What is non-diegetic
300
Camera is on a crane above the action, used to create overhead shots
What is Boom/Crane
400
The image being shown takes up at least 80 percent of the frame
What is a Close-Up
400
This has the effect of making the subject look smaller than normal and giving them the appearance of being weak, powerless, or trapped.
What is High Angle
400
This lighting effect gives the appearance of innocence or goodness, a halo effect
What is Front Lighting
400
Cut or dissolve to action that happened in the past
What is Flashback
400
Camera is on a track that allows it to move with the action
What is Dolly/Tracking
500
Often a long shot or a series of shots that sets the scene. This shot is used to establish setting and to show transitions between locations
What is an Establishing Shot
500
Pivoting up or down on a vertical axis
What is Tilt
500
This effect can create suspense or suspicion
What is Low Key
500
Cut to an object, then to a person. This technique shows what a person seems to be looking at
What is Eye-Line-Match
500
A scene between two people shot exclusively from one angle that includes both characters more or less equally.
What is Two Shot