Film Techniques Flashcards
Revise your film techniques
What is the name of the shot type where you can see:
The entire scene, in which the subject is quite small?
Extreme long shot
What is the name of the shot type where you can see:
A small part of an object?
Extreme close up
What is the name of the shot type where you can see:
The full body of the subject?
Long shot
What is the name of the shot type where you can see:
From a character’s perspective?
Point of view shot
What is the name of the shot type where you can see:
Over the shoulder of another character?
Over the shoulder
What is the name of the shot type where you can see:
An event and then a character’s reaction to an event?
Shot-Reverse-Shot
What is the name of the shot type where you can see:
From the person’s mid-section upwards?
Medium shot
What is the name of shot used to start a scene?
Establishing shot
What is the name of the camera angle that makes someone look small and vulnerable?
High angle
What is the name of the camera angle that makes someone look large and powerful?
Low angle
What is the name of the camera angle where the camera is directly above the subject?
Aerial/Overhead/Bird’s Eye View Angle
What is the name of the camera angle where the camera is wonky, tilted to the side?
Tilted/ Oblique/Canted/Dutch angle
What is the name of the camera movement where the camera stays in the same place, but swings from side to side?
Panning
What is the name of the camera movement where the camera moves up and down, hanging from a giant pole or crane?
craning
What is the name of the camera movement where the camera moves on a set of train tracks?
Tracking
