MIL Flashcards
Technical and symbolic ingredients
Language
Signs that when put together create meaning
Codes
Study of signs
Semiotics
Types of codes
Symbolic codes
Written codes
Technical codes
Show what is beneath the surface of what we see
Symbolic codes
Use of language style and textual layout
Written codes
Are way which equipment is used to tell a story
Technical codes
Camera shot
Extreme long shot
Long shot
Medium long shot
Full shot
Medium close shot
Close up shot
Extreme close up shot
Shot such as a large crowd scene
Extreme long shot
View of situation or setting from distance
Long shot
Shows a group of people in interaction
Medium long shot
View of figures entire body head to toe
Full shot
Shows a subject down to his or her chest/waist
Medium close shot
Full screenshot of a subject’s face showing
Close up shot
A shot of hand, eye, mouth
Extreme close up shot
Point of view
Establishing shot
Point of view shot
Over the shoulder shot
Reaction shot
Insert shot
Reverse angle shot
Handheld camera shot
Eye level shot or straight on angle
Used at the beginning of a scene
Establishing shot
Scene from perspective
Pov shot
Used in dialogue scenes
Over the shoulder shot
Short shot of a character response to an action
Reaction shot
Shot which quickly gives visual information
Insert shot
Shot from the opposite perspective
Reverse angle shot
Not mounted on a tripod
Handheld camera