Film Studies Vocabulary

Sound that matches things you see on screen

• Tracking Shot

• Synchronous Sound

• Long Take

• Asynchronous Sound

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Shows the viewer exactly what the character sees

• Long Take

• Cut

• Point of View Shot

• Close Up Shot

Sound that comes from something that’s not on the screen

• Cut

• Synchronous Sound

• Close Up Shot

• Asynchronous Sound

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Moves with your subject

• Tracking Shot

• Long Take

• Close Up Shot

• Cut

A neutral perspective that mimics how we see people in everyday life

• Point of View Shot

• Close Up Shot

• Eye Level Shot

• Tracking Shot

When one shot ends and another shot begins

• Long Take

• Cut

• Close Up Shot

• Tracking Shot

A lighting aesthetic with no shadows and intense brightness, bordering on overexposure

• High Key Lighting

• Side Lighting

• Eye Level Shot

• Long Take

Light that enters the frame from the side to highlight a person or object.

• High Key Lighting

• Tracking

• Side Lighting

• Eye Level

Fills the frame with a part of your subject (often the face to reveal a subject’s emotions and reactions)

• Close Up Shot

• Point of View Shot

• Tracking Shot

• Long Take

A shot that's intended to appear as a single, uninterrupted take in the final edit of a project

• Point of View Shot

• Cut

• Close Up Shot

• Long Take