Film and Visual analysis terms

Aerial shot

-Exterior shot taken from a high spot (Birds Eye view)

-Establishes sense of setting

Aspect ratio

Ratio of width/height

Dolly shot

-Shot taken from moving dolly platform

Gives viewer sense of motion and being inside the action alongside setting

Pan

Camera stays stationary but can rotate

Composition

arrangement of everything on screen

Cross-cutting

-Editing footage so that is flashes to different stories

-Represents things happening at the same time

Establishing shot

Shot taken from a far distance to establish tone and setting

Super imposition

Shot where 2 images are stacked onto each other (kinda like a fade transition)

Asynchronism

Difference between what we hear and what we hear (like if the audio fades it when a serious conversation is happening)

Diegesis

Everything thats in the story world

Diegetic sound

Sound thats in the story world

Non Diegetic Sound

Sound that characters cannot hear (music)

Voice over

Narration that teaches you whats going

Documentary

Non fiction film that explores something in real life

Screen time

How long an action takes as u view it on the screen

Real time

How long an action takes in real like