Created by Sally Stroobant
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Question | Answer |
Low angle | The camera looks up at the subject from below. This can make objects or people look dominant and important. |
High angle | The camera looks down on the subject from above. This can make objects or people look weak or vulnerable. |
Eye Level | A neutral angle, as if the camera was filming from a normal veiw. |
Tracking shot | The camera moves smoothly on a track to follow the action |
Aerial Shot | Filmed from a plane or helicopter to show a wide view of a landscape. |
Zoom Shot | A zoom lens moves the shot closer to, or further away from, the object in a smooth action |
Crane Shot | The camera and camera operator are carried by a crane in any direction to give a smooth swooping shot, usually from above. Also called a boom shot |
Panning Shot | The camera is fixed but turns from one side to the other to show place or follow action. |
Long Shot | A long shot shows place or setting. |
Mid/Medium Shot | Shows the upper part of one or more people's bodies and/or some of the place they're in. A mid shot can show body language and expressions. |
Close up | A whole object fills the screen. A close up can show a character's feelings or emphasise a detail such as a weapon or a clue or a telephone. |
Extreme close up | Shows a very specific part of an object or person. Like the trigger on the gun or the eyes of a person. |
Sequence | A number of scenes that make up one part of a film, eg the beginning. |
Angle | Describes the position from which the camera shoots. |
Film Editor | A person who assembles shots to create a coherent film. Film editors pull together story, dialogue, music, soound effects, visual effects, and have a very important role in the success of the final film. |
Main charater | A person who plays an imprtant part in the film's action and events |
Shots | A section of a story (that takes place in one location, and/or one continuous time sequence. |
Film Director | The person who directs the making of a film. |
Still/Frame | The person who directs the making of a film. |
Cut/Edit | A change from one shot to the next. |
Non-diegetic | Non-diegetic sound has been added in while editing like voice-overs and sound effects |
Diegetic | Diegetic sound is natural sound that hasn't been added in while editing |
Soundtrack | Anything aural. eg. Music, voice-over, sound effects, voice, dialouge, natural sound and silence |
High Key lighting | Bright lighting |
Low key lighting | Dull lighting |
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