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Basic Film terms Flashcards

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180% Rule

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The convention that the camera can be placed in any position as long as it remains on one side of the action.

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Aerial Shot

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A Shot filmed from a plane, Helicopter, Blimp, Ballon, Kite or high building(higher than a crane)

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Arc Shot

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A shot in which a moving camera circles round the subject being filmed.

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Bridging Shot

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a shot that connects one scene to another by showing a change in time or location. can also be used to connect two shot from the same scene by using a close-up, distant pan or different camera angle

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Camera Angle

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The position of the camera on a vertical continuum relative to the object being shot: eye-level, high angle(Looking down from above)

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Close Up

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A shot in which a small part of a scene i.e a head, is shown in great detail and fills the screen

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Medium Close-up

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Similar to a close up but usually can fit head and shoulders in the shot

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Big Close-Up

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Similar to close-up but usually smaller i.e: Forehead to chin

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Establishing Shot

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Opening shot or sequence, is often a general view that makes use of ELS and sets up the scene

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Medium Shot

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A shot in which a medium sized object (Top half of a person) fits within the frame.

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Medium Long-Shot

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A shot in which a largish object(a Person) from the knees up)) fits within the frame

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Long-Shot(LS)

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A shot in which a large object and usually much of its surroundings (a whole person) fits easily within the frame

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Extreme Long-Shot

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A shot in which the camera is at it furthest distance from the subject, emphasising the background.

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Extreme Close-Up

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A shot in which a small part of the scene( A face) Fits within the frame

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Crane Shot

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A shot in which the camera rises above the ground (On a mobile support)

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Cross-Cutting

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Swiftly cutting backwards and forwards between more than one scene.

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Crossing the line

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Breaking the 180% Rule typical of continuity editing

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Cutaway

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A sudden shift to another scene of action or different viewing angle; or a shot inserted between scenes to effect a transition (a bridging shot)

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Continuity Editing

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The convention through which the impression of an unbroken continuum of space and time is suggested, Constructing a consistent storyline out of takes made at different times.

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Composition

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The complete arrangement of a scene by the director, the process includes camera angles, lighting, properties, Character and the movement of actors.

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Dissolve

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A dissolve is a transition when one shot gradually fades into another.

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Dolly

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A trolley on which the camera is pulled along the ground.

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Dynamic cutting

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Combining a series of seemingly unrelated shot, objects, people, situations, details and characters in Juxtaposition with one another.

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External Diegetic Sound

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Sound which comes from out of frame but is understood as belonging within the story.

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Flashback

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A narrative device in which the action is interrupted by scenes representing a character’s memory of past events.

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Flashforward

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A narrative device in which the action is interrupted by scenes representing possible future events.

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Frame

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Each individual images that make up the film, also the area of the picture seen on the screen

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Framing

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The size and position of objects relative to the edges of the screen: the arrangement of objects so they fit within the actual boundaries of the film.

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Frontality

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Placing the camera at a 90% angle to the action.

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Graphic Match

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Also know as a Matched cut, is a cut between either two objects, two different space or compositions in which the objects in the shots graphically match.

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Jump Cut

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A rapid, Jerky transition from one frame to the next, either disrupting the flow of time or movement within a scene or making an abrupt transition from one scene to another.

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Long take

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A shot that is allowed to continue for longer than usual without editing.

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Matched Action (Match on action)

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A cut between two shots of the same action but from different positions.

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Mise-En-Scene

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Everything placed within the frame, including set decorations, costume and styles of performance( Implies an emphasis and visual unity in a film from one frame to the next)

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Montage

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Style of editing involving rapid cutting so that one image is juxtaposed with another or one scene quickly dissolved into the next, Angles, settings and framing are manipulated in a conspicous way so as to convey swift passge fo time, to create some kind of visual or conceptual continuity or to generate a distinct rhythm.

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Narration

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The telling of a story and the information supplied to the audience by a non-diegetic voice coming from off screen who may or may not be a character in the story.

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Off Camera

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Out of the boundaries of the camera’s field of vision.

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Overhead shot

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A shot looking down vertically on the action from above.

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Pace

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the tempo at which the storyline of a film unfolds, affected by various elements including, action the length of scenes, camera angles, colour levels, editing, lighting, composition and sound.

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Pan

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A movement in which the camera turns to right or left on a horizontal axis.

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Parallel Action

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Aspects of a story happening simultanously with the primary performers situation, edited so that the images goes back and forth between primary and secondary scenes often leading to a convergence

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Passing Shot

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A shot producing a image that travels quickly across the screen, either by moving the subject pass the camera or by panning the camera past a stationary object.

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Plain American

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Same as a medium long shot

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POV (Point of view)

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A shot which is understood to be seen from the POV of a character within the scene

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Racking Focus

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A shift in focus between planes at different distances from the camera within the same shot

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Reaction Shot

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A close-up in which the actor/actors are seen to respond to an event, often accomplished with a cutaway from the primary action to someone viewing the action.

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Reverse angle

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Two successive shots from equal and opposite angles, typical during conversation

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Sequence

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A series of segments of a film narrative edited together and unified by a common setting, time, event or storyline

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Sequence Shot

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A relatively long and complete scene shot in one take without editing.

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Set

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A constructed environment in which to shoot a scene.

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Shock Cut

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The immediate Juxtaposition of two incongrusous shots

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Subjective camera

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A shot or film style that provide the audience with the specific vison or perspective of a character

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Suture

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The sewing together of imaginart and symbolic images in hollywood cineama carried out by continuity editing, used to ensure the sense of unified narritve and subject position

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Tilt

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A movement by which the camera moves up or down which it support remains fixed

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Tracking Shot

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A shot in which the camera is pushed horizontally along the ground on a dolly

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Voice Over

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Voices heard while an image is projected but not being spoken in sync with of the the characters appearing on screen, used to suggest a charactwea thoughts or recall somthing said eariler, or to provide objective(Extra-Diegetic) narrative or commentary

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Zoom

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The effect of rapid movement either towards or away from the subject.

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