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Shot:
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a single piece of film uninterrupted by cuts.
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Establishing Shot:
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often a long shot or a series of shots that sets the scene
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Long Shot (LS):
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a shot from some distance. If filming a person, the full body is shown
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Medium Shot (MS):
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the most common shot.
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close Up (cU):
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the image takes up at least 80 percent of the frame.
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Extreme close Up:
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the image being shot is a part of a whole, such as an eye or a hand.
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two Shot:
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a scene between two people shot exclusively from an angle that includes both characters more or less equally.
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Eye Level:
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a shot taken from a normal height;
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Fade:
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can be to or from black or white.
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cut:
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most common editing technique.
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Low Angle:
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the camera films subject from below.
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High Angle:
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the camera is above the subject.
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Pan:
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a stationary camera moves from side to side on a horizontal axis.
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tilt:
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a stationary camera moves up or down along a vertical axis
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Zoom:
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a stationary camera where the lens moves to make an object seem to move closer to or further away from the camera.
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dolly/tracking:
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the camera is on a track that allows it to move with the action.
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Boom/crane:
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the camera is on a crane over the action. This is used to create overhead shots.
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High Key:
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the scene is flooded with light, creating a bright and openlooking scene.
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Low Key:
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the scene is flooded with shadows and darkness, creating suspense or suspicion.
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Bottom or Side Lighting:
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direct lighting from below or the side, which often makes the subject appear dangerous or evil.
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Front or Back Lighting:
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soft lighting on the actor’s face or from behind gives the appearance of innocence or goodness, or a halo effect.
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dissolve
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: a kind of fade in which one image is slowly replaced by another
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Wipe:
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a new image wipes off the previous image.
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Flashback
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: cut or dissolve to action that happened in the past.
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Shot-reverse-Shot:
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a shot of one subject, then another, then back to the first.
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cross cutting:
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cut into action that is happening simultaneously.
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Eye-Line Match:
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cut to an object, then to a person.
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diegetic:
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sound that could logically be heard by the characters in the film.
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Non-diegetic:
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sound that cannot be heard by the characters but is designed for audience reaction only.
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