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Focal length of a lens

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distance from lens to the image sensor, determines a lens’ magnification
Shorter focal length, less magnification
Longer focal length, more magnification

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Zooming in vs Zooming out and example

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Zooming in is increasing the focal length, zooming out is decreasing it

Zooming out occurs in eight grade while the camera is on the puberty video, while Kayla is part of the band

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Pan and example

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otherwise stationary camera rotates about x-axis, reveals the size of a crowd

ex: Opening shot of country doctor
Opening shot of Apocalypse now

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Tilt and example

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Camera rotates about y-axis (up and down)

ex: Tilting in eye of the sky by the drone to reframe

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Cant and example

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Camera rotates about z-axis (no longer aligned with horizon)

ex: Kayla looking at her phone in eight grade
The drone rotating sideways in the air from the drones perspective

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Tracking shot/Dolly shot, Handheld camera and example

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the camera is moving as it follows the subject

ex: Keaton following thief guy?
Kayla walking into school Eighth Grade

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Extreme long shot and example

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About 3:1 and above ratio of character and frame

ex: In Selma we are shown the militia on the bridge from very far away

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Long shot and example

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2 to 1 ratio of character to frame

ex: Fargo, Marge’s view of the wood-chipper
Keaton sweeping up trash in front of theater

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Medium long shot and example

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knees up with space above head

ex: Selma marching across bridge with other religious heads
Gosling and Carell talking at mortgage conference

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Medium shot and example

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waist up, space above head

ex: Keaton looking into sweet shop

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Medium close up and example

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chest to top of head

ex: Selma marching across bridge with other religious heads
How to be a detective

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Close up and example

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chin to just above head

ex: Burry playing drums Secret of the Grain when they are eating food around the dinner table

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Extreme close up and example

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cutting off top and bottom of face

ex: The good/bad/ugly man steps in front of camera

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Rack Focus/Focus Pull and example

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Change point or plane of focus, focal length does not change

ex: Blind Side car scene, alternate focus on mother and football guy
Notably absent in Eighth Grade car scene

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Sound Bridge and example

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diegetic audio carries over to adjacent scene

ex: Kayla karaoke party to video of confidence
8 and a Half ride of the valkyries, think the music is non-diegetic but it is diegetic

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Match on action and example

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an editing technique in which we cut from an action beginning to the completed action (see action in both shots)

ex: The dark knight- shooting shotgun
Throw baseball -> cut to catching baseball

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Graphic match and example

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creates a cut between two shots that juxtapose their graphically similar images.

ex: herd of sheep v crowd, hot dog maker to escalator crowd
ex: Bone scene in 2001: A space odyssey

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Wide angle lens and example

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short focal length, amplify depth and curve space

ex: I am Cuba clip that was shown in class

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Normal lens and example

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medium focal length

ex: Most shots are shot with a normal lens

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Telephoto lens and example

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long focal length and high magnification, flatten space, few things in focus, compresses depth

ex: Bridge shot in selma before it cuts to archive footage
Drone footage eye in the sky
Koyaanisqatsi footage of road

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Jump Cut and example

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cut between two shots that are too visually similar

ex: Breathless as it cuts constantly on the back of patricia’s head in car
Ben-hur rowing boat roman
Buster Keaton’s character in the fake movie
Harlem Shake

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Low angle shot and example

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camera low to the ground and angled up

ex: Kayla is walking to the pool in Eight Grade
Selma most of the time when Dr. King is giving a sermon

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High angle shot and example

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camera high and angled down

ex: Eighth Grade looking down on schoolmates in the pool

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Eye level shot and example

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match character eye level

ex: Eyeline shot in Selma at King and his friends locking arms as they march

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Overhead/Bird's eye view shot and example
camera is above something and looking down ex: Pretty much all of eye in the sky
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Fade and example
start with a solid color (almost always black) and one image gradually brightens while the other dims ex: Fade into the trees about to get napalmed in apocalypse now (first shot) Last shot of Sherlock Jr
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Dissolve and example
gradual transition from one image to another ex: Apocalypse Now while reading the letter
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Wipe and example
linear barrier ex: Soylent green→ shot of airplane to shot of junkyard
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Reframing and example
alter the angle/position/framing of camera to keep character in frame ex: Camera tilts up to keep Citizen Kane in shot Eye in the Sky when the drone is reframing Alia
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Long take and example
shot lasting much longer than conventional (1 min+ without cut) ex: Citizen Kane→ talking in house First shot of Moonlight
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Eyeline match and example
connects a shot of someone looking to a shot of what they’re looking at ex: Dark Knight bank manager shooting his shotgun
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Diegetic/Non-diegetic sound and example
within the story space (character can hear) or not within the story space (Darth Vader intro)
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Parallel Editing and example
cuts back and forth between two lines of action to indicate they are happening simultaneously ex: Breaking into safe and shooting at front of bank in Dark Knight
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Symmetry/Asymmetry and example
symmetry is used to represent order, and asymmetry represents disorder ex: Symmetry in scenes of Wes Anderson movies represent order Stairs after the bomb went off in Selma look all jagged King and Johnson opposite the painting of George Washington
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Shot/Reverse shot and example
puts two characters in conversation according to the 180* rule ex: Selma→ Oprah and voting guy talking
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Sound perspective and example
where the sound is coming from, distance, objects between ex: Prison scene with opera - Shawshank Redemption
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Onscreen/offscreen sound and example
sound that is either has a visible source onscreen, or is coming from somewhere out of the shot (offscreen) ex: 8 ½ orchestra playing ride of the valkyries
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Subjective/Objective sound and example
Character is ignoring different sounds, character is focused on different sounds, character is hearing sounds the others would not ex: All that jazz→ drugged artist guy was hearing only his pencil while people were reading his script
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Sound editing vs. sound mixing and example
editing is creation, mixing is arrangement ex: Editing→ Creation of rocket sound in interstellar, lightsaber sound Mixing→ Lot of silence in interstellar, alter opera in shawshank
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Color palette and example
the collection of colors used for a film, chosen for how they influence emotion ex: Fanny and alexander→ family around table, black and white room
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Aspect ratio and example
ratio of width of projected image to height ex: The General used a lower aspect ratio than usual
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Three point lighting and example
An efficient system developed for film lighting. In a standard lighting setup, the key light illuminates the subject, the fill light eliminates shadows cast by the key light, and the back light separates the subject from the background ex: Scarlet Street→ woman at table with candle and window
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Zoom and example
lens with variable focal length ex: The beginning of Eight Grade was shot with a zoom lens, it is zooming out Zoom in to key in Notorious
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Foley and example
A foley artist is a crew member who works in post-production to create the sounds of the story world ex: Chewbacca roar
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Direct Sound and example
Sound is being recorded at the moment of filming, opposite of dubbing ex: Need example
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ADR/looping and example
automatic dialogue replacement, the actor re-records dialogue ex: Once upon a time in the west→ old dude
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What are the seven types of shots?
``` Extreme long shot Long shot Medium long shot Medium Medium close-up Close-up Extreme close-up ```

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