Cinematic/Film Elements

Desaturated

• Colors have been pulled way back, giving everything a slightly washed-out appearance.

• the intensity of the color, When you increase the saturation of an image, its colors become more vibrant.

• a color palette in which a single tint is used as the basis for all shades and hues found within the image

• one color used (typically black and white film - natural gray, but no other colors)

Monochromatic

• the intensity of the color, When you increase the saturation of an image, its colors become more vibrant.

• one color used (typically black and white film - natural gray, but no other colors)

• Colors have been pulled way back, giving everything a slightly washed-out appearance.

• camera setting that establishes the true color of white.

Tilt

• vertical rotation from a fixed spot.

• horizontal rotation of the camera from a fixed spot.

Pan

• horizontal rotation of the camera from a fixed spot.

• vertical rotation from a fixed spot.

Dutch Angle

• tends to portray subjects as relatively important or powerful.

• suggests equality and identification of audience with subject.

• tends to portray subjects as relatively insignificant or weak.

• Camera is rotated slightly around the Z axis, out of parallel to ground. Suggests instability, confusion, tension or altered states.

Diegetic

• sound comes from within the world of the story

• sound originates outside of the story world. Voiceover and musical scores are good    examples.

Non-diegetic

• sound originates outside of the story world. Voiceover and musical scores are good    examples.

• sound comes from within the world of the story

Montage

• the simple joining of two shots or two parts of the same shot

• a cut to a camera angle opposite to the one in the previous cut

• a sequence that compresses time within a film

• like an insert, but shows something not seen in the frame previously

Match Cut

• a shot cut into a master shot to show a detail in the action

• duplicating some characteristic of one shot in the next.

• a cut to a camera angle opposite to the one in the previous cut

• a sequence that compresses time within a film

Crosscutting

• abruptly moves the action forward in time.

• provides setting and backstory and introduces characters

• self-contained sequence of images (also a main approach to editing).

• (2 or more dependent lines of action) - to establish action occurring at the same time