Film Vocab Review

Close up shot

• Fills the frame with a part of your subject

• Moves with your subject

• Shows the viewer exactly what the character sees

• Makes your subject appear small or overwhelmed against their location, emphasizes location or isolation

Tracking shot

• Fills the frame with a part of your subject

• Moves with your subject

• Shows the viewer exactly what the character sees

• Makes your subject appear small or overwhelmed against their location, emphasizes location or isolation

Point of View shot

• Fills the frame with a part of your subject

• Moves with your subject

• Shows the viewer exactly what the character sees

• Makes your subject appear small or overwhelmed against their location, emphasizes location or isolation

Extreme wide shot

• Fills the frame with a part of your subject

• Moves with your subject

• Shows the viewer exactly what the character sees

• Makes your subject appear small or overwhelmed against their location, emphasizes location or isolation

Cut

• When one shot ends and another begins

• A shot that changes the focal length of the lens during the shot (zoom in and zoom out)

• Rotating the camera side to side on a horizontal axis

• Moving the camera up and down on a vertical axis

Pan

• When one shot ends and another begins

• A shot that changes the focal length of the lens during the shot (zoom in and zoom out)

• Rotating the camera side to side on a horizontal axis

• Moving the camera up and down on a vertical axis

Tilt

• When one shot ends and another begins

• A shot that changes the focal length of the lens during the shot (zoom in and zoom out)

• Rotating the camera side to side on a horizontal axis

• Moving the camera up and down on a vertical axis

Zoom shot

• When one shot ends and another begins

• A shot that changes the focal length of the lens during the shot (zoom in and zoom out)

• Rotating the camera side to side on a horizontal axis

• Moving the camera up and down on a vertical axis

High Key Lighting

• A lighting aesthetic with no shadows and intense brightness

• A light that enters the frame from the side to highlight a person or object

• A lighting aesthetic with a lot of shadows

• lights placed behind the actor to help define their features and distinguish them from the background

• Utilizing the light that is already available at whatever location you choose

Low Key Lighting

• A lighting aesthetic with no shadows and intense brightness

• A light that enters the frame from the side to highlight a person or object

• A lighting aesthetic with a lot of shadows

• lights placed behind the actor to help define their features and distinguish them from the background

• Utilizing the light that is already available at whatever location you choose