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One image; there are many, many, many different types of these
What is a Shot?
The position from which an action of subject is seen, often determining its significance
What is POV? (Point-of-View)
An event that takes place in one location or time
What is a Scene?
The picture stops moving, becoming a still photograph, and holds for a period of time
What is a Freeze Frame?
Scene description, character movement, and sounds described in the screenplay
What is an Action?
A shot from a distance that establishes the location; it shows the viewer where we are
What is an Establishing Shot?
The voice of someone not seen in the image who is describing or commenting on the image that is taking place
What is a VO? (Voice Over)
Refers to anything happening behind the main subject of a scene
What is the Background?
An editing transition whereby an image gradually disappears on the screen
What is a Fade Out?
Used in a screenplay to suggest that an actor should pause before continuing
What is a Beat?
This type of camera shot moves across something
What is a Pan or Panning Shot?
Abbreviation for a type of scene that takes place outdoors
What is EXT? (Exterior)
A scene that takes place indoors
What is Interior?
A transition in which one scene "wipes away" for the next
What is a Wipe to?
In any given screenplay, this refers to who an actor is portraying.
What is a Character?
A series of shots, usually without dialogue, which quickly tells a section of the story
What is a Montage?
Indicates a shot that focuses in closely on a particular subject, character, or action
What is a CU? (Close-up)
A scene or sequence that happened in the past
What is a Flashback?
Refers to two scenes that are shown a few moments each, back and forth
What is Intercutting?
The text in all caps at the beginning of a scene that describes the location and time of day
What is a Slug Line?
This type of shot refers to when a camera focuses on a subject specifically
What is Angle on?
A shot in where the camera is placed a very long distance from the subject or action
What is an XLS? (Extreme Long Shot)
This term refers to something or someone coming into the picture while the camera stays put
What is Into Frame/View?
Used at the end of Star Wars scripts, this term refers to a wipe from the center of the frame out in all directions
What is an Iris Out?
Direction for the actor to deliver their lines in a particular way, such as calmly or softly
What is a Parenthetical?