Movie Terminology Flashcards
mise-en-scene
placing on stage 3 categories: design acting composition
Elements of Design
setting, set design, décor, props, costume, makeup, hairstyle design
Acting
how an actor delivers lines, move, and facial expressions
Composition
the way in which each frame or shot is similar to a 2D work of art
Rule of Thirds
foreground, middle ground, background
Cinematography
choices made regarding how the action of a movie is filmed
Eye-level
looking straight at the characters
Low angle
camera looks up at a character
high angle
camera looks down at a character
Dutch or oblique angle
camera films a character diagonally
aerial/bird’s eye view
camera films straight down
low key lighting
produces sharp contrasts between light and dark
high key lighting
mutes differences between lights and darks
editing
process of linking pieces of exposed film shots together
continuity editing
system of editing which smooths the movement from shot to shot
shot/reverse shot
the moving back and forth between filming the faces of the characters who are looking at each other
match-on-action
one shot depicting an action is followed by another which continues or completes the action
graphic match
the compositions of consecutive shots mimic each other
eye-line match
character looks off screen and in the next shows what the character is looking at
fades
the screen gradually goes black and gradually lightens in the next shot
dissolves
two shots overlap one another momentarily
wipes
one shot pushes the other out of the way
iris shot
screen becomes a circle that becomes increasingly smaller, generally around a specific character, until the screen becomes dark followed by a small circle that opens up to the full screen
freese frame
single frame is reproduced multiple times so the action appears to stop or freeze
