Terminology

CAMERAWORK

• Establishing Shots-The first shot of a new scene,designed to show the audience where the action is taking place.
• Low Angle Shots-Is a shot positioned from a low angle on the vertical axis.
• High Angle Shots-Is cinematic technique where the camera looks down on the subject from a high angle.
• Canted Angle Shot-Is a shot that is deliberately slanted to one side.
• Aerial Shots-Is a shot taking from an aircraft or other flying object.
• Tracks Camera Movement-Is a shot where the camera moves alongside the object it is recording.
• Steadicam-Is brand of camera stabiliser mounts for motion picture cameras.
• Crane Shots-Is shot taken by a camera on a crane or jib.
• Hand Held Camera-Is a filmmaking and video technique in which a camera is held in the camera operators hands.
• Point Of View Shots-Is short film scene that shows what the character is looking at.
• Shallow Focus-Is a photographic  and cinematographic technique incorporating a small depth of field.
• Focus Pulls-Is a creative technique in which you change focus during a shot.

EDITING

• Shot Reverse Shot-Is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character (often off screen),and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character.
• Juxtaposition-Two things being seen or placed together with contrasting effect.
• Non Continuity Editing-Is when shots are mismatched to disrupt the impression of time and space.
• Crosscutting-Is when the camera will cut away from one action to another action.
• Fast Paced Editing-Is a technique where several consecutive shots last a brief duration.
• Transitions-Is to connect one shot to another.
• Dissolve-A gradual image from one image to another.
• Wipe-Is where the shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another with a special shape.
• Fade-Is where the shot is replaced by a black screen.
• Post Production Effect-Effects added after the scene had been filmed.

SOUNDTRACK

• Music-Vocal or instrumental sounds combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form,harmony and expression of emotion.
• Diegetic Sound-Sound whose source is visible on the screen.
• Non Diegetic Sound-Sound whose source is not visible on the screen.
• Sound Effects-A sound other than speech or music made artificially for use in a play,film or other broadcast production.
• Sound Bridge-Is a type of sound editing that occurs when sound carries over a visual transition in a film.
• Voiceover-A piece of narration in a film or broadcast,not accompanied by an image of the speaker.

MISE EN SCÈNE

• Lighting-The arrangement or effects of lights.
• Location/Set-A particular place or position/where the scene is set.
• Costume and Make Up-Is the appearance of the character.
• Props-Is an object used on stage or on screen by actors during a performance or screen production.
• Casting-Pre production process for selecting a certain type of character.
• Performance Style-Is how it is performed in the scene.
• Blocking-The positioning and movement of the characters in the scene.