Camera Angles and Movement
Editing
Sound
Mise-en-Scene
Genres
100

This shot type shows a subject from the waist up.

What is a medium shot?

100

This basic transition simply switches from one scene to another.

What is a cut?

100

This is the term for the soundtrack in media.

What is score?

100

This topic refers to everything seen on the screen.

What is mise-en-scene?

100

These are things which directors use to base their movie off of a certain genre.

What are genre conventions?

200

This shot uses a flying device to record from a high angle.

What is a drone shot?

200

This common transition cuts from a character looking at something to what they were looking at.

What is an eyeline match?

200

This describes music that is meant to sound nice.

What is harmony?

200

This form of lighting consists of high contrast.

What is low-key lighting?

200

These types of movies plots are centered around conflict between civilized order and the lawless frontier.

What is a western?

300

This form of camera movement moves the camera from side to side.

What is a pan?

300

This transition puts the audio of the next scene before the images of the next scene.

What is a j-cut?

300

This type of sound comes from onscreen.

What is diegetic sound?

300

This is the collection of things that make up a location in a movie.

What is a set

300

This movie genre is well know for it's emotional impact.

What is a horror?

400

This shot tilts the camera to show the power of a character over another.

What is a low angle shot?

400

This transition uses noticeable differences in other elements of the media piece, such as from loud score to quiet score, to transition the scene.

What is a smash cut?

400

This is the art of creating sound effects for a scene.

What is Foley?

400

This form of makeup in movies is used to replicate everyday life.

What is naturalistic makeup?

400

These type of musicals are set in a town or city and have a plot based around someone attempting to overcome a challenge.

What is a straight musical?

500

This camera movement involves the camera physically moving out while the lens zooms in on a subject.

What is a dolly zoom?

500

This form of editing consists of strings of unrelated images together to create meaning.

What is an intellectual montage.

500

This is a collection of background sounds that create realism for a shot.

What is a soundscape?

500

This type of acting uses genre conventions to base the actions of a character off of.

What is stylized acting?

500

This is a character in crime thriller movies that seek to bring down the criminal.

What is a force of justice?