Courtroom
Filmmaking
Rhetorical Devices
Courtroom 2
100

A person who is on trial for allegedly committing a crime

What is a defendant?

100

A narrator is heard by the audience but not shown on screen speaking  

Voice Over

100

Rhetorical device that persuades the audience by making them Feel an emotion

Pathos

100

Types quickly and transcribes what is said and done in the courtroom

Stenographer

200

The charge if someone is hurt or killed during the commitment of a crime

Felony Murder

200

Used most frequently. You can see multiple characters' facial expression and the background

Medium Shot

200

Rhetorical device that persuades the audience with Trust

Ethos

200

Evidence that is valid and acceptable to be used in trial 

Admissable
300

A lawyer who tries to prove the defendant is guilty

Prosecutor

300

The camera is extremely close to the subject (often the face) so it takes up most of the shot

Close Up

300

Rhetorical device that persuades an audience by using Facts

Logos

300

The actual rights and wrongs of an issue

Merits

400

Someone involved in a secret plan to do something illegal or harmful

Conspirator

400

The camera is a long way from the thing being shot

Long shot

400

An emotion where you feel bad for doing something

Guilty

400

To limit or restrict

Infringe

500

You must be 100% convinced of someone's doubt if you convict them of a crime. If you have doubt, you must not convict.

Reasonable Doubt

500

Fair

Just

500

To get someone else to believe or do something

Persuade

500

To intefere with or slowdown

Impede