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| the process of assembling or arranging the shots of a film, both picture and sound. to some it is the foundation of all cinematic art. |
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| sometimes called the establishing shot. shows great distance and wide angle view, usually outdoors |
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| shows all or most of a subject and some of the surroundings |
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basic building block of film art.
1.) a single uninterrupted run of the camera as seen by the viewers
2. piece of film resulting from such run |
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| shows part of an object or person (head, shoulders, chest etc.) |
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| shows two people usually from the waist up |
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| shows someone from the shoulders up |
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| shows someone's head or single body part |
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| shows someone in small detail such as a person's eyes or very small detail of an object |
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| the camera is positioned at the eye level of the person that is being photographed. it is neautral position from the audience |
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| the camera is positioned above the subject, creating a sense of looking down upon whatever is being photographed The result is that the subject is made to seem small, inferior, or dominated |
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| the camera is positioned below the subject creating a sense of looking up at what is being photographed. this results in the subject appearing to dominate the audience or another character in the film |
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| shot in which a stationary camera turns horizontally from left to right or right to left revealing new areas or subjects |
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| a quick pan from one position to another caused by the camera spinning on its axis. the result is blurring or details between the starting and stopping point of the pan |
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| a shot in which the camera swivels or titls vertically to reveal new areas or follow a subject |
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| tracking shot (traveling shot, or trucking shot) |
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| any shot using a mobile camera that follows (or moves towads or away from) the subject by moving on tracks or by being mounted on a vehicle. Sometimes the term is used to refer exclusively to shots in which the camera moves on a fixed platform parallel to the subject or action. |
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| usually a long shot that introduces the audience to the location of the ensuing action |
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| any shot in which an actor reacts to action that has just occured in the previous shot |
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a shot of an object or person taken in the direction opposite of the preceeding shot
ie: shots of a prison gate from within followed by a shot of the prison gated from outside |
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| point of view (subjective) shot |
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| any shot taken from the vantage point of a character in the film. showing the audience what the character sees. they may involve distortion, something that may indicate an abnormal mental state for instance |
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