Camera movement and angles
This angle places the camera below the subject, making them appear larger and more powerful.
What is a low angle?
This basic editing technique is used to join two shots together to create a continuous flow of action.
WHat is a cut?
This term refers to any sound that is produced within the world of the film and can be heard by the characters, like footsteps or dialogue.
What is diegetic sound?
This term refers to the arrangement of visual elements within a scene, including props, actors, costumes, and lighting.
What is mise-en-scène?
In a horror film, this is a common trope where characters make poor decisions or split up, often leading to danger.
What is the "stupid decisions" trope?
This type of shot shows the scene from a bird's-eye view, often used to establish context or give a sense of detachment.
What is an overhead shot
This editing technique involves cutting between two scenes happening simultaneously but in different locations, often creating tension or showing different perspectives.
What is cross-cutting?
This type of music is specifically composed or chosen to accompany a film and is often used to enhance emotions or set the tone for a scene.
What is a film score?
This element of mise-en-scène involves the use of lighting to create mood, shape the composition, or focus the viewer’s attention on specific details in the scene.
What is lighting?
In many Western films, this type of character is a lone hero, often portrayed as a drifter or gunslinger, who seeks justice in a lawless town or frontier.
What is the "antihero" or "lone gunslinger"?
This camera movement involves physically moving the camera from side to side on a horizontal axis, often used to follow action or reveal more of a scene.
What is a pan?
In this technique, the editor deliberately omits certain frames to speed up action, often used for comedic or dramatic effect.
What is a jump cut?
This sound technique involves layering sound effects, music, and dialogue to create a fuller auditory experience, often done in post-production.
What is sound mixing?
This refers to the placement of objects, actors, or camera angles within the frame to create a particular effect or convey meaning in a scene
What is composition?
In action films, this often occurs in the third act, where the hero faces the antagonist in a final showdown, typically involving intense physical confrontation.
What is the "final battle"?
A technique where the camera moves along with the subject, typically following them from behind or beside, often seen in chase scenes.
What is a tracking shot
This editing effect involves transitioning between shots using a gradual dissolve where one shot fades into another, often signifying a passage of time or a change in location.
What is a dissolve?
This musical technique is often used to create tension, involving a repetitive musical pattern that increases in volume or intensity. It’s a hallmark of suspenseful scenes.
What is a crescendo?
In this aspect of mise-en-scène, the costumes and makeup are used to reflect the character's personality, social status, or transformation throughout the film.
What is costume and makeup?
This key element of the detective genre involves a brilliant, often eccentric detective who uses logic and observation to solve a mystery.
What is the "detective archetype"?
This type of movement uses a pivoting action, typically to tilt the camera up or down without changing its position.
What is a tilt?
This technique, often used in narrative films, involves cutting between two or more scenes that occur at the same time but in different locations, building suspense or creating thematic parallels. It often relies on timing and rhythm to create a seamless flow.
What is intercutting
This sound is created artificially and added to a film during post-production to enhance the realism of a scene, like the sound of a door creaking or footsteps.
What is a foley sound?
This term describes the setting and physical environment in which the action of a scene takes place, helping to convey a particular time period, location, or atmosphere.
What is setting?
In science fiction, this concept often explores the consequences of advanced technology, such as robots or artificial intelligence, surpassing human control.
What is the "danger of technology"?