Media studies vocab #2

Composition

(Overall visual approach of the camera such as Shots, Angles,

Camera Movement, and Shot or Frame composition

Establishing Shot

( include SHELF meaning) the first shot in a scenethat defines the setting

Master Shot

(include SHELF meaning) the first time the characters are seen

Extreme Long Shot (ELS)

when the subject is very far way from the camera

Long Shot (LS)

partially far, able to see subjects feet to forehead

Wide shot (ws)

shot from far way to to take the whole scenery

Full shot

a camera shot in film that lets your subject fill the frame, head to toe, while still allowing some features of the scenery

Crossing the axis

crosses the line of communication and confuses 

Cowboy Shot

shot of everything thigh up

Mid Shot/ Medium Shot (MS)

viewers see the upper half of subjects body

Bust Shot

head and shoulder shot

Mug Shot

A head shot

Profile shot

can see the ear and nose at the same time - side shot

Close-up shot

usually a character’s face, but not limited to that

Extreme closeup shot

focusing on the eyes

Two-shot

a shot with two people in it

three-shot

a shot with three people in it

stock shot

a film cli (as of an historical event or geographical area) usually kept in a film library for possible use in future pictures

Aerial shot/Bird’s eye

A shot that’s taken fram an elevated point than what is framed in the shot

Over-the-shoulder shot

• shot frames a character from behind, focusing on what they are looking at.

• It typically includes part of the character's shoulder and head in the foreground.

Point-of-View Shot (pov)

(include SHELF meaning)- camera is either 1st person subjective or 3rd person object tive

• objective shot- not in the scene; outside of the scene (observing the scene)

• Subjective shot- (include SHELF meaning)  camera is shooting as if from the eyes of a character 

• objective shot

• - not in the scene; outside of the scene (observing the scene)

• Subjective shot

• (include SHELF meaning)  camera is shooting as if from the eyes of a character 

Noddy Shot

(in interviews) when the camera is on an interview nodding in agreement

One Point Perspective-

point of view on objects that involves only “one vanishing point”

Stop-motion photography-

an animated filmmaking technique in which objects are physically manipulated in small increments between individually photographed frames

Eye Level shot-

the cinemotographer positions the camera angle directly at the eye level of the character

High Angle-HA-

(include the SHELF meaning) the camera looks down at the subject from above, looks small

Low Angle-LA

( include SHELF meaning) camera angle postioned below the average eye line and point

3/4s angle shot aka angle on angle shot

when a camera is moved to a 45 degree angle to the subject, not only head on but also profile shot

The Canted Angle shot

a bias (slanted) camera shot also called the Dutch tilt or Off-kilter shot also includes SHELF meaning

Crossing the Axis shot (not parallel to the 180 Rule axis)

when a camera crosses an imaginary line between two characters facing each other