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Film Techniques
Film Techniques
21
English
10th Grade
05/03/2012

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Term

Camera Angles:

Overhead

Definition

 

Makes subject look small,

insignificant.

Term

Camera Angles:

High Angle

Definition

 

Makes subject look small, 

insignificant.

Term

Camera Angles:

Eye level/ Parallel

Definition

 

Gives subject a sense of reality, 

viewer connects to subject.

Term

Camera Angles:

Low angle

Definition

 

Makes subject look big,

powerful.

Term

Camera Angles:

Undershot

Definition

 

Makes subject look big,

powerful.

Term

Camera Movenment:

Tracking

Definition

 

Camera runs alongside the action. Captures the intensity of the action and character's feelings.

Term

Camera Movement:

Panning

Definition

 

Camera stays but rotates to follow action. This helps provide an establishing shot and can emphasises the setting.

Term

Camera Movement:

Tilting

Definition

 

Camera stays still but tilts up and down to follow the subject. This can heighten empathy/ connection with a character.

Term

Camera Movement:

Dolly

Definition

 

Camera zooms in and out (dolly in/ dolly out). Can intensify the drama and provide details about surroundings.

Term

Camera Shots/ Framing:

Extreme close up/ Close up

Definition

 

Emphasises emotion or particular object.

Term

Camera Shots/ Framing:

Medium Shot

Definition

 

Develops character, shows action.

Term

Camera Shots/ Framing:

Long Shot

Definition

 

Shows action, shows character in relation to setting.

Term

Camera Shots/ Framing:

Extreme Long Shot/ Establishing Shot

Definition

 

Establishes a setting,

landscape.

Term

Camera Shots/ Framing:

Point of view shot

Definition

 

Camera is behind the subject and sees the action as the subject sees it.

Term

Sound:

Dialogue

Definition

 

Manipulation of volume, tone, pitch.

Term

Sound:

Music (score)

Definition

 

Type of music, harmony, volume, placement.

Term

Sound:

Diagetic sound

(natural sounds)

Definition

 

What has the director added for the audience? Why?

Term

Sound:

Non-Diagetic sound

(unnatural sounds, sound effect)

Definition

 

What has the director added for the audience? Why?

Term

Sound:

Silence

Definition

 

When it occurs and why

Term

Sound:

Voiceover

Definition

 

Dialogue spoken off-screen

Term

Editing:

Cut

Definition
The pace of the cuts between shots contributes to the atmosphere created. Rapid cutting creates a sense of action and pace.
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