cinematography Flashcards
Establishing shots
This is a long shot or extremely long shot to show the importance of figures and object in a scene.
Two/Reverse Shot
Two shot edited together to alternate character. This is typically used in conversation.
180-degree rule
The angle between any two consecutive shots should not pass the 180 degrees in order to maintain a straight relationship between the person or any object in any given shot.
30-degree rule
The angle between two continuous shots shouldn’t be less than 30 degrees in order to maintain structural relationship with the person or object at any given shoot.
Crosscutting [Parallel editing]
Editing alternate scenes that are happening at the same time sometimes at different locations.
Continuity editing
is the process, in film and video creation, of combining more-or-less related shots i.e., establishing shots, reverse shots etc. Happens in chronological order, following through the storyline.
Non-continuity Editing
could be reverse chronological e.g., Flashback. Doesn’t go in the order of how the events happened.
Eye-line Match
Two cuts, one involving a person looking in one direction, and the other containing what he or she is looking at in the opposite directing. Cuts to where characters attention is at, eye motivate the cut.
Shot reverse shot
maintains scene geography and clarity, shoots to something else then back to character. showing the perspective of one character and then cutting to the perspective of the other character, often with a similar framing.
Cross cutting
cuts from one scene to another scene then back to the other.
Eye trace
two or more shots focusing on same area of frame.
J cut
audio plays before we see it.
L cut
audio plays after we have cut away.
Intellectual montage
unrelated shots put together.
Elliptical
remove a piece of time
Jump Cuts:
Sudden change from one scene to another which may be deliberately used to a dramatic point. A few frames will often be to give a more edgy feeling. Sometimes this is used to begin or ends actions. Camera stays put, doesn’t move.
Fade in
A type of transition used in visual media, in which the transition is at first black, fading to a visual image
Fade Out
: A term used to describe a transition effect where the image slowly disappears into a black.
Wipe
A type of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape.
Is a gradual transition from one image to another.
Dissolve
Slow motion
The action of showing film or playing back video more slowly than it was made or recorded, can show last moments
Fast Motion
The action of showing film or playing back video faster than it was made or recorded.
