key terms

Question 1

High angle

Answer 1

camera is above subject look smaller/more vulnerable

Question 2

low angle

Answer 2

camera is below subject-makes the subject appear bigger and scarier

Question 3

canted

Answer 3

the subject appears confused or unnatural

Question 4

birds eye

Answer 4

camera is in the air-looking down

Question 5

establishing shot

Answer 5

shows place/time of where the characters are

Question 6

extreme long shot

Answer 6

subject is far away

Question 7

Mid-long-shot

Answer 7

subjects whole body shown

Question 8

mid shot

Answer 8

half of characters with stuff in frame

Question 9

mid close up

Answer 9

top of head to chest

Question 10

close up

Answer 10

the whole head/or equivalent is in the frame

Question 11

extreme close up

Answer 11

small detail is in frame

Question 12

pan

Answer 12

turns camera left to right

Question 13

track/dolly

Answer 13

camera follows a set path

Question 14

zoom

Answer 14

lens moves in or out while camera stay still

Question 15

Tilt

Answer 15

pivot for up and down-such as nodding head

Question 16

hand held

Answer 16

for documentary style filming,sense of realism

Question 17

crane

Answer 17

camera swoops and ducks

Question 18

Editing

Answer 18

putting shots together to create a sequence

Question 19

jump cut

Answer 19

sudden cut from one shot to another

Question 20

match cut

Answer 20

the shape of one thing,matches something similar

Question 21

fade in/out

Answer 21

fades in and out of a scene

Question 22

Dissolve

Answer 22

a gradual fade of one shot to another

Question 23

Wipe

Answer 23

one scene replaces another by wiping the screen

Question 24

motivated cut

Answer 24

things within the scene or actions the characters take that motivate the cut -such as: a character looking out of frame and then we see a moving car,inferring the character is looking at the car

Question 25

shot/reverse shot

Answer 25

cutting between two things -such as people talking

Question 26

cross cutting

Answer 26

switching back and forth between scenes,often giving the impression of things happening at the same times in different locations.

Question 27

Diegetic sound

Answer 27

sound characters can hear

Question 28

non-diegetic

Answer 28

sound only audience can hear-such as songs

Question 29

Mise en scene

Answer 29

‘everything in the scene’

Question 30

setting and props

Answer 30

where? when? what stuff is there?

Question 31

clothes,hair,makeup

Answer 31

tells us about the character

Question 32

facial codes/body language

Answer 32

what characters are feeling

Question 33

lighting and colour

Answer 33

brightness/shadows-colours of different room might reflect the mood

Question 34

framing

Answer 34

what position does it reveal?