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A type of shot that tightly frames a person or an object.
tight shot (TS)/close up (CU)
the written text of a play or movie production
Script
A shot that frames a subject from the top of the head to a line just below the chest. Also called a bust shot.
Medium Close Up (MCU)
Feature used to magnify and reduce your image on the screen.
Zoom
Full body shot from head to toe or has more than one person in the shot, and is often used to establish the scene.
Wide Shot (WS)
The horizontal space in front of the subject, between the tip of their nose and the left or right edge of the frame. This is also known as Looking Room or Walking Room
Look Room/Nose Room
the space from the top of a person's head to the top of the television screen
Head room
To record film or video. Also, "a shoot" is an informal term for the production phase of a film or video project.
Shoot
used to shoot a conversation. Camera positioned behind the shoulder of the character the subject is speaking to.
Over the Shoulder (OTS)
Articles or objects that appear on stage during a play.
Props
all phases of production following recording of video, i.e. capturing, editing, titling, exporting, etc
Post-Production
The actual filming and creation of the raw elements as required by the script.
Video Production
A shot in a sequence that is taken from the reverse angle of the shot previous to it.
Reverse shot
the process of preparing all the elements of a video production, including planning, storyboarding, script writing, scheduling, props, camera angles and locations
Pre-Production
a division of an act into smaller parts
Scene
A shot where the camera moves vertically up or down from a fixed location.
Tilting Shot
A shot, usually involving a distant framing, that shows the spatial relations among the important figures, objects, and setting in a scene.
Establishing Shot
a single piece of film uninterrupted by cuts
Shot
A shot in which the camera remains in place but moves horizontally on its axis so that the subject is constantly re-framed.
Panning shot
camera setting that adjusts for lighting in order make white objects appear white in photos
White balance
A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television production.
Storyboard
A composition rule that divides the screen into thirds horizontally and vertically, like a tic-tac toe grid placed over the picture on a television set. Almost all of the important information included in every shot is located at one of the four intersections of the horizontal and vertical lines
Rule of Thirds
the distance between the nearest and the furthest objects that give an image judged to be in focus in a camera.
Depth of Field