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Film, Theatre & Television
Undergraduate 1
05/08/2010

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Extreme long shot
Definition
subject furthest away form the cam.
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Long shot
Definition

full body

half screen

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Full shot
Definition

full body

filling up the screen

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medium shot
Definition
half body
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close-up
Definition
ex. head, hand, foot
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extreme close-up
Definition
ex. eye, nose, fingernail
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Deep Focus
Definition
everything in the cam is in focus
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Pan
Definition

horizontal movement of cam

sitting in one place

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Tilt
Definition
vertical movement of the cam
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swish pan
Definition
moving quickly
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rack focus
Definition

in foc. then out foc.

obj. switch

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Dolly
Definition
tracking shot
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pull back dolly
Definition

start far away and move closer.

ex. from library to coed. to students talking

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handheld
Definition
enough said
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crane
Definition
telephone truck
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Zoom
Definition
enough said
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Steadycam
Definition
fluid shot
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Aerial
Definition
ex. filming from an air ballon or airplane
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High angle
Definition
cam higher than subject
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Low angle
Definition
cam lower than subject
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diagetic
Definition
audio in film world
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nondiagetic
Definition
soundtrack purposes
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oblique angle
Definition

45* angle

-slanted

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eye level
Definition
same level as the subject
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bird's-eye-view
Definition
directly above subject
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suspension of disbelief
Definition
temporarily believe in the world
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estabilshing shot
Definition
establishes scene &/or subject
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jump cuts
Definition
ex. a guy walks through the door and ges to his seat, but sections are taken out to make it seem short
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cuttting to continuity
Definition
creates suspension of disbelief
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master shot
Definition
a closer part of a larger picture, overal action in a particular scene
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motif
Definition
theme of film
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reation shot
Definition
two people taling, one is talking, but the cam is looking at the person listening, reation to what happened of the screen.
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flash forward
Definition
flash to future
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flashback
Definition
moving back in time
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parallel editing/cross cutting
Definition

exact same meaning

world still revolving

ex. love actually

valentine's day

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slow motion
Definition
footage played slow
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fast motion
Definition
footage runs fast
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high key
Definition

bright and even

make out entire image

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low key
Definition

dark or dull

uneven lighting

not able to make out film

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high contrast
Definition
exist in very dark or very bright light
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film noir
Definition
dramatic, dark film, lighting used to make a representation, make a choice
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mis-en-scene
Definition
combination of everything; light, comp, angle, etc.
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neorealism
Definition
using non-actors shot on location
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