A head and shoulders shot often used to show expressions/emotions of a character.
Also can be a shot of an object, filmed from close to the object or zoomed in to it, that reveals
detail.
What is a close up?
100
Words spoken by the characters
What is dialogue
100
The lighting is bright and relatively low in contrast
What is High Key Lighting
100
Using a lens to appear to be moving closer to or further away from a subject/object when in fact the camera may not move (so, strictly not camera movement). Can be used for dramatic effect.
What is a Zoom
100
These are edits which shoot back and forth between two characters interacting with each other
What is a shot reverse-shot?
200
A shot of two characters, possible engaging in conversation. Usually to signify/establish some sort of relationship
What is a Two Shot
200
A sound heard within the world of the film or television programme
What is Diegetic Sound
200
The three types of lighting you could discuss
What is ambient, artificial and natural
200
Where a camera scans a set or setting vertically
What is a Tilt Shot
200
A cut from a wide shot to a close up, showing detail that was already present in that wide shot
What is an insert?
300
Looking from behind a character’s shoulder, at a subject.
What is an Over the Shoulder Shot
300
Is sound not produced by a source within the world of the film or programme
What is Non-diegetic Sound
300
How the time/place is represented through mise en scene
What is Era?
300
Is sometimes used to signify the end of a scene/ programme /film. The effect is achieved by the camera being put onto a *blank* that can move upward.
What is Crane Shot
300
A few frames have been removed from continuos action giving a jerky, unnatural feel to the scene. Often used to denote the passing of time
What is a jump cut?
400
Subject or characters are at some distance from the camera; they are seen in full within their surrounding environment
What is a Wide Shot
400
Where the sound (either diegetic or non-diegetic) continues across one or more cuts/transitions.
What is a Sound Bridge
400
Style or theme present in both production design and lighting
What is Colour Design
400
Where the camera pivots horizontally, either from right to left or left to right to reveal a set or setting. This can be used to give the viewer a panoramic view. Sometimes used to establish a scene.
What is camera Pan
400
The audience see the character looking in a particular direction and then the next cut reveals what the character sees
eyeline match
500
A shot that often gives the viewer information about where the scene is set. Is often a wide/long shot and usually appears at the beginning of a scene.
What is an Establishing Shot
500
The world in which the story takes place
What is the Diagesis
500
A belief in the world of the story
What is Verisimilitude
500
A shot where the camera follows a subject/object. The shot can include smooth movements forward, backward, along the side of the subject, or on a curve but cannot include complex movement around a subject.
What is a Track Shot
500
A scene transition where one shot seems to slowly break up while another replaces it