Show:
Camera
In front of the camera
Editing effects
Editing narration
Miscellaneous
100
Q: A shot made with the camera that is not on a tripod or other stabilizing fixture
What is a hand-held shot?
100
A shot encompassing two actors, often in close-up.
What is a two-shot?
100
Representing a shot as taking place at a higher speed than it did in reality.
What is accelerated motion (or fast motion)?
100
Commentary by an unseen character or narrator
What is a voice over?
100
A shot or sequence that takes the action of the story into the past
What is a flash-back?
200
A shot taken with the camera at a slight distance from the subject
What is a medium close-up shot?
200
Distributing light within the image so that the bright tones predominate.
What is high-key lighting?
200
An optical event used as a transition, in which the image on screen gradually goes to black or emerges from black
What is a fade (or fade-in or fade-out)?
200
A shot of a person reacting to the main action as a listener or spectator
What is a reaction shot?
200
A shot in which the camera remains in place but moves vertically on its axis
What is a tilt shot?
300
The camera moves horizontally so that the subject is constantly re-framed
What is a panning shot?
300
The distribution of light within the image so that bright and dark tones are not highly contrasted.
What is flat lighting?
300
A style of editing that maintains a continuous and seemingly uninterrupted flow of action
What is continuity editing?
300
Jumping back and forth between two or more locations, inviting us to find a relationship between two or more events
What is cross-cutting?
300
A shot giving the view of one the characters in the scene
What is point of view (POV)?
400
A moving shot taken usually from a high perspective
What is a crane shot?
400
An artificially constructed environment in which action is photographed.
What is the set?
400
A cut that jumps forward within a single action, creating a sense of discontinuity
What is a jump cut?
400
A cut from one scene to the next on the basis of a similar geometrical, textural, or other compositional value
What is a form cut (or match cut)?
400
The simulation of camera movement toward or away from the subject by means of a lens of variable focal length
What is a zoom?
500
A shot taken while the camera is in motion
What is a dolly shot?
500
The arrangement of all the elements within the screen image to achieve a balance of light, mass, shadow, color, and movement.
What is composition?
500
The division of the projected film frame into two or more sections, each containing a separate image
What is a split screen?
500
A rapid succession of shots assembled, usually by means of super-impositions and/or dissolves, to convey a visual effect, such as the passing of time
What is a montage?
500
Music composed for a film
What is the score?