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
What is the name of the camera movement where the camera stays still, but swings up and down?
Tilting
What is the name of the camera movement where the camera doesn’t move, but the lens is adjusted to move closer or further away from the subject?
Zooming
What is the name of the editing technique where two shots are blended together?
Dissolve
What is the name of the editing technique where a shot is blended into a block of colour (usually black)?
Fade
What is the name of the editing technique where one shot ends and then we move straight to another shot?
Cut
What is the name of the editing technique where we see a lot of action in a short period of time (e.g. when a character is growing up, or training in sports for a big event)?
Montage
What is the name of the editing technique in which one shot is pushed off the screen by another shot entering?
Wipe
