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35 Cards in this Set
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Camera Set-up
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How far the camera is away from the shot
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Long Shot
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Used to describe a scene, see a lot in the frame such as a skyline
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Medium Shot
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Seeing more than one character from the waist up
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Close-up
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A single characters face
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Extreme Close-Up
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Right in on something tight, ex: a bomb countdown
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Aerial
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Overhead shot
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High Angle
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Camera looking down on something, diminishes character
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Low Angle
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Camera looking up on something, shows power of the character
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Dolly
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Camera moves on wheels, shot goes in or out
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Pan
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Camera stays still, sweeps side to side
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Tilt
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Camera stays still, sweeps up and down
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Tracking
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Camera moves with someone, ex: follows people down a street
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Zoom
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Camera stays still, lens changes focus in or out
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Hand-Held Shot
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Jiggly, not stabilized, can create intimacy
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Frame
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Space around which something happens
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Focus
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How clearly we see something
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Back Lighting
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Lighting behind the subject, creates suspense
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Front Lighting
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Lighting in front of subjects
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Low Key Lighting
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Creates a lot of shadows creating contrast
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Dissolve
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Two images overlap and see them both simaltaneously
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Fade-in
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Coming out of total darkness to light
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Fade-out
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Goes from light to black, light to dark
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Wipe
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One image pushes the other off the screen, like you are reading a book
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Cut
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Immediate transition from one scene to another
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Parallel editing
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Taking two sets of action, editing them together to show they are happening at the same time
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Montage
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Series of scenes, shown quickly, to convey something developing over time
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Soft Focus
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Hazy focus used to usually appear romantic
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Scene
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A division of a film
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Mise-en-scene
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Everything that goes into one shot
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Slow Motion
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Shot slowed down from real life speed
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Voice over
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Off screen voice, often the narrator
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Objective POV (visual)
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Through the eyes of the character
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Objective POV (narrative)
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How the film chooses to present time
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Subjective POV (visual)
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How the character feels about the situation
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Subjective POV (narrative)
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Time as it is being experienced by characters
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