Camera Angles
What is a wide shot?
Camera movement where the camera is static but looks left and right (horizontally)
What is a pan?
How would you write a scene heading for a scene taking place in a restaurant at night?
What is INT. RESTAURANT - NIGHT?
Controls how much light enters the camera using F stops
What is aperture?
One line sentence describing what a movie is about
What is a logline?
Camera composition where the subject is filmed from the waist up
What is a medium shot?
Camera movement where the lens is used to get closer/farther from the subject
What is a zoom?
Covers who, what, when, and where when writing a script
What is exposition?
Controls the camera sensor's sensitivity to light
What is ISO?
Drawings that are created for visual reference before filming
What are storyboards?
Camera composition where just the subject's face fills the frame
What is an extreme close up?
Camera movement where the camera moves towards and away from its subject
What is a dolly?
The character's struggle throughout the story (internal, external, etc.)
What is conflict?
Controls the length of time the camera's sensor is exposed to light
What is shutter speed?
Frames per second video (not film) is usually shot at
What is 30 fps?
Camera angle used to show power and dominance
What is a low angle?
Camera movement where the camera follows the subject
What is a tracking shot?
Part of the script that is written in the center of the page
What is character dialogue?
What is white balance?
F stop (aperture) that will bring the most light in on our T5i cameras
What is F3.5?
Camera angle where the camera is tilted (diagonally), usually used to foreshadow that something bad will happen
What is a dutch angle?
Camera movement where the camera is static but looks up and down (vertically)
What is a tilt?
Word written in a script to indicate that text will be shown on screen in the movie
What is superimpose?
If the frames per second you're shooting is set to 30 fps, what should your shutter speed be?
What is 1/60 or 60?
Name for when someone is holding up a bounce board or piece of Grip equipment on set
What is Hollywood?