Film Analysis Terminology Flashcards
1
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Close up
A
A shot in which a persons face fills up most of the screen.
2
Q
Mise-en-scene
A
Everything that is part of the composition of a shot.
3
Q
Dolly shot
A
A shot taken from a camera on a moving platform.
4
Q
Pan
A
S shot in which the camera rotates but does not move.
5
Q
Diegetic Sound
A
The sound that the characters can hear.
6
Q
Non-diegetic Sound
A
Sound that the audience can hear but the characters cannot.
7
Q
Deep focus
A
Objects in the immediate foreground, midground and background appear equally as sharp.
8
Q
Shallow Focus
A
Objects only in one place are in focus.
9
Q
Jump Cut
A
Cutting together two discontinuous points of a continuous action without changing the setup.
10
Q
Transitions
A
Changing from one shot to another.
11
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Aerial Shot
A
A shot from the perspective of an object in the sky.
