Film Glossary Part 2 Flashcards
Pan Shot
A pan shot is achieved with a camera mounted on a swivel head so that the camera body can turn from a fixed position.
Parallel Editing
Parallel editing is a technique whereby cutting occurs between two or more related actions occurring at the same time in two separate locations or different points in time.
Point of View
With POV, the audience is, in effect, looking through the character’s eye.
Rear Projection
Rear projection involves the projection of either a still or a moving picture onto the back of a translucent screen.
Shot, Scene and Sequence
A shot consists of a single take. A scene is composed of several shots. A sequence is composed of scenes.
Slow Motion
Slow motion is typically achieved by shooting at a fast speed and then projecting at a normal speed.
Sound
Sound is the audio portion of the film.
Soundtrack
Soundtrack refers to all the audio elements of a film–dialogue, music, sound effects, etc.
Split Screen
Split screen is the combination of two or more scenes films separately which appear in the same frame.
Steadicam
A Steadicam shot employs a kind of special hydraulic harness that smoothes out the bumps and jerkiness associated with the typical handheld style
Superimposition
Superimposition is when two or more image are placed over each other in the frame.
Swish Pan
A swish pan looks like a blur as one scene changes to another–the camera appears to be moving rapidly from right to left or left to right.
Take
A take is one run of the camera, recording a single shot
Tracking Shot
A tracking, or trucking, shot is one in which a camera is mounted on some kind of conveyance (car, ship, airplane, etc.) and films while moving through space.
Virtual Camera Movement
Virtual camera movement refers to the creation of the perceptual sense of movement through space by the manipulation of focal length or by more irregular techniques.
Voice-Over
Voice-over is dialogue, usually narration, that comes from an unseen, offscreen voice, character, or narrator.
Wide-Angle Lens
A wide-angle lens has a short focal length, which exaggerates the relative size of objects within field of view.
Wide Angle Shot
A shot with a greater horizontal plane of action and greater depth of field is known as a wide-angle shot.
Wipe
Wipes allow one scene to effectively erase the previous scene and replace it.
Zoom shot
A zoom shot is one that permits the cinematographer to change the distance between the camera and the object being filmed without actually moving the camera.
