Camera
This is is a camera technique where the camera is positioned behind one character's shoulder and head, focusing on another person in the foreground
What is an over the shoulder (or OTS) shot?
This is a filmmaking editing technique where a cut occurs in the middle of a movement, continuing the same action from one shot to the next to create a seamless transition
What is match on action?
A production technique where a voice is recorded for off-screen use.
What is a voiceover?
In Western culture, this color is often used to signify dangerr or love.
What is red?
This is the strategic coordination of multiple media channels to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their individual parts
What is media synergy?
The camera shot shows the audience what a character is looking at.
What is an point of view (or POV) shot?
This is a editing technique when a single shot is broken with a cut that makes the subject appear to jump instantly forward in time.
What is a jump cut?
The complete compilation of music that accompanies a film.
What is a soundtrack?
This is the art of creating a film's overall visual aesthetic and physical world, encompassing sets, locations, props, and color palettes to establish tone, mood, and period
What is production (or set) design?
This is the process of making a completed film available to audiences, bridging the gap between production and exhibition.
What is distribution?
This is a cinematographic technique incorporating a small depth of field.
What is shallow focus?
This is s a graphic organizer—a sequence of sketches, panels, or images—that visually maps out a film, animation, or video project shot-by-shot.
What is a storyboard?
A type of sound bridge in which the audio of the next scene or shot precedes the image change.
What is a J-cut?
Lighting with little to no shadows.
What is high key lighting?
In the film industry, this is the merging of traditional cinema with digital technology, social media, gaming, and streaming, transforming how content is produced, distributed, and consumed
What is media convergence?
Originating in Westerns, this is a camera framing technique that captures a subject from approximately mid-thighs or knees up.
What is a cowboy shot (or a mid shot)?
Any shot that's sole purpose is to focus the viewer's attention to a specific detail within a scene.
What is an insert shot?
Sound added for the audience that characters cannot hear (e.g., music, narration)
What is non-diegetic sound?
The physical distance between actors in a shot orr scene
What is proximity?
In media studies, this is a business strategy where a media company acquires or merges with competitors at the same level of the production chain to reduce competition and expand market share
What is horizontal integration?
Derived from the Japanese word for "blur" or "haze", this is the aesthetic quality of the blur in out-of-focus areas of a photograph
What is "bokeh"?
This is a filmmaking technique that purposefully breaks the smooth flow of time and space, drawing attention to the editing to disrupt, disorient, or emphasize specific scenes
What is non-continuity (or discontinuity editing)?
Sound that does not match the on screen visuals.
What is contrapuntal sound?
This is the arrangement of everything in front of the camera—sets, props, costumes, lighting, and acting—to create a natural, lifelike, or "truthful" environment.
What is realistic mise en scene?
This modern term refers to a person who both consumes and produces media.
What is a prosumer?