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42 Cards in this Set
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Shot |
(sentence) smallest discrete unit of edited film |
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Scene |
(paragraph) series of shots in one setting |
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Sequence |
(chapter) series of scenes related thematically |
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Extreme Long Shot or Establishing Sho |
includes landscape or location |
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Long Shot |
within a theater stage |
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Full Shot |
full length of body |
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Medium Shot |
waist up of characters |
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Two Shot/Three Shot |
number of characters |
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Close-up |
focus on face |
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Extreme Close-up |
detail of face |
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Reaction Shot |
cut away to character reaction to main scene |
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Reverse Shot |
(180 rule) characters face one another alternating off camera
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Cut |
sharp end and link to next shot |
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Fade |
shot dissolves to white or black |
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Dissolve |
one shot fades as next appears |
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Low Angle |
from below |
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High Angle |
from above |
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Bird’s Eye |
usually straight down |
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Oblique |
at an odd angle |
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Pan |
camera moves from one point to another within the scene, usually horizontal |
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Swish Pan |
rapid blur of camera moving from one point to another, usually horizontal |
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Tilt |
camera movement from one point to another at an angle |
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Traveling Shot |
camera moves along with the action, could be on a track or dolly |
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Crane Shot |
camera is positioned on a crane for wide or high angle of vision |
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Arial Shot |
from a great height |
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Zoom Shot |
camera focus moves in from one distance to another closer |
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Handheld Shot |
often more intimate, usually less steady, eyewitness quality to filming |
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Monologue |
single character speaks to self or audience |
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Dialogue |
between or among characters |
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Voice-Over |
narrator off-screen speaks about image |
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Sound Effects |
used to emphasize film element |
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Diegetic or Ambient Sound |
sourced within the narrative of film |
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Non-Diegetic Sound |
sourced outside of the narrative world |
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Meta-Diegetic Sound |
distorted sound to heighten dramatic effect |
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On-Screen Sound |
source of sound is visible in the frame |
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Off-Screen Sound |
source of sound is from beyond the frame |
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Score |
Extra-diegetic music accompanying the film |
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Diegetic Music |
music created within the narrative of the film |
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Sound Motif |
recurring theme used symbolically |
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Sound Bridge |
sound continues across the cut tying one scene to another |
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Match on Sound |
the sound is a cause or effect across the cut
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Sound Montage |
verlapping (or mixed) sound in an artful way |