scripts

Question 1

slugline

Answer 1

scene header

INT/EXT - place name - time

Question 2

parentheticals

Answer 2

directions on how to speak/act

in brackets ()

Question 3

where so the transitions go?

Answer 3

right

Question 4

V.O

Answer 4

voice over

Question 5

O.S

Answer 5

off scene

Question 6

O.C

Answer 6

off camera

Question 7

clean shot

Answer 7

clear shot of the focus (someone/something) with nothing in the way

Question 8

dirty shot

Answer 8

one or multiple things are in the way of the focus

Question 9

single shot

Answer 9

one character in frame

Question 10

two shot

Answer 10

two people in frame

Question 11

master shot

Answer 11

the main shot, pan to an area in that scene then goes back to main shot

Question 12

cowboy shot

Answer 12

hips and above

(western times to show revolvers in belt)

Question 13

crowd shot

Answer 13

lots of people/objects in the frame

typically 6+

Question 14

over the shoulder shot

Answer 14

camera focused on one thing/character while seeing the other character’s shoulder in frame

typically used in conversation

Question 15

POV shot

Answer 15

camera shows from the point of view of a character

Question 16

insert shot

Answer 16

first person focus on an object and something else (typically a hand)