Film Terms

Front 1

Camera Set Up

Back 1

Distance between the subject and camera.

Front 2

Shots(4)

Back 2

a visual unit

Front 3

Long Shot

Back 3

Main subject and some surrounding environment, but subject is less than the full height of the frame.

Front 4

Medium Shot

Back 4

shot between a long shot and a close-up.

Front 5

Close Up

Back 5

Includes only a portion of the subject.
Ex: close up of head or face

Front 6

Extreme Close Up

Back 6

tight shot used to establish crucial info.
Ex: shot of a clock to show importance of time.

Hint 6

clock

Front 7

Camera Angle

Back 7

Angle of camera in relation to the subject.

Front 8

Aerial

Back 8

From a high position.

Front 9

High Angle

Back 9

Cam. looks down on subject making it look smaller than life.

Front 10

Low Angle

Back 10

Cam. looks up at subject, makes object look larger than life.

Front 11

Camera Movement

Back 11

Cam. moves during a shot.

Front 12

Dolly

Back 12

Cam is placed on wheel and moves

Front 13

Pan

Back 13

Cam moves right to left, or vice versa.

Front 14

Tilt

Back 14

Cam moves up and down

Front 15

Tracking

Back 15

Cam is parallel to the subject

Front 16

Zoom

Back 16

lens focuses in and out

Front 17

Hand-Held Shot

Back 17

Cam is not being held steady by mount or tripod. Is shaky and jiggly.

Front 18

Cut

Back 18

change from one shot to another.

Front 19

Dissolve

Back 19

Optical effect where the end of one shot gradually merges w/ beginning of next one.

Front 20

Fade-In

Back 20

Optical effect where, shot begins in dark and gradually lightens up.

Front 21

Fade-Out

Back 21

Optical effect where shot begins in light and gradually darkens up.

Front 22

Wipe

Back 22

Optical effect where one shot wipes off another, as if pushing previous shot off of the screen.

Front 23

Fast Motion

Back 23

things move faster than normal

Front 24

Slow Motion

Back 24

things move slower than normal

Front 25

frame

Back 25

boundary of an image or shot

Front 26

focus

Back 26

clarity of the image

Front 27

soft focus

Back 27

softens the definition of image.
Ex:used to create romantic or dream-like effects.

Front 28

lighting

Back 28

manner that set or scene is illuminated

Front 29

back lighting

Back 29

the main source of light is BEHIND THE SUBJECT

Front 30

front lighting

Back 30

illumination from BEHIND THE CAM

Front 31

low key lighting

Back 31

gr8 deal of contrast exists between blax n whites to provide small pools of light within a general field of darkness.

Front 32

chiaroscuro

Back 32

arrangement of light and dark

Front 33

scene

Back 33

series of shots which depicts a action that takes place in a setting

Front 34

mise-en-scene

Back 34

"what's put into the scene"
Ex:factors affecting the artistic look or feel of a shot or scene.

Front 35

cross-cutting

Back 35

editing 2gether of 2 diff. series of shots/actions to imply that 2 actions are going on @ same time

Front 36

montage

Back 36

a scene constructed by a quick succession of cuts

Front 37

voice over

Back 37

a voice which accompanies the visible action

Front 38

point of view

Back 38

the way a film is narrated

Front 39

objective POV(visual)

Back 39

cam. acts as a detached observer

Front 40

subjective POV

Back 40

cam. depicts events through the eyes of a particular character

Front 41

objective POV(narrative)

Back 41

time in the film unfolds as if events were occurring in actual life

Front 42

subjective POV(narrative)

Back 42

time as it unfolds in the mind