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Vocab #8
Behind the Camera #1
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Film, Theatre & Television
11th Grade
10/25/2011

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"Action!"
Definition
The director indicates that the cameras should start rolling and the actors shoould begin the scene.
Term
Angle
Definition
The camera's angle of view relative to the subject being photographed. A high angle shot is photographed from above and a low angle shot from below the subject.
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Background
Definition
Area furthest away from the camera lens.
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Bird's Eye View
Definition
A shot in which the camera photographs a scene from directly overhead.
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Camera Angle
Definition
The point of view of the focal point of the camera when it is positioned for shooting.
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Camera Movement
Definition
Uses of the camera to obtain camera angles and various perspectives while filming including panning, tilting, tracking or zooming of the camera.
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Clapstick
Definition
Black and White wooden board with a slapper stick across the top that is used to indicate the start of a film shot.
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Close-Up
Definition
Detailed view of a person or object, usually the head of a person.
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Crane
Definition
Can raise the camera as high as twnety feet high, moves forward and back, usually electronically operated.
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"Cut!"
Definition
Indicates that the scene is over.
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Deep Focus
Definition
Permits all distant planes to reamin in focus (close-up and far away)
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Depth of Field
Definition
The measurements of the closest and farthest planes planes in front of the camera lens between which everything will be in sharp focus.
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