film techniques

close up

frames a subject closely taking up 80 percent persons face from head to shoulders to emphasis emotion, intimacy or extreme detail

Full shot

shot that frames a subject head to toe

Point of view shot

where the camera is in the character position

mid shot

A shot where its waist and up

Extreme close up

shot where its framed a part of a body - eye, hand etc

over shoulder shot

A shot where it framed over a shoulder of a subject

extreme long shot - establishing shot

shot shows the whole landscape helps set the scene

long shot

A shot where its far distance

aerial shot

Birds Eye view

Angles

Low angle

make the subject look small

eye level

same eye level as a character

high angle

make the subject high ( look bigger )

dutch angle

effect of tilting ones head ( making audience feel uncomfortable)

pan ( camera movement )

moves side to side vertical axis

tilt

moves up or down horizontal axis

zoom

zooms in and out

dolly tracking

mounting a camera on a wheeled platform and moving it along a track to follow a subject, creating smooth, fluid, and purposeful motion

high key lighting

makes the scenery look bright flooded with light characterising upbeat

low key

suspense look dark

bottom side

direct lighting bottom and side

front or back

light source (like a lamp or the sun) is directly in front of the subject, usually right behind the camera

diegetic

heard by audience and characters

non diegetic

not heard by audience only characters

cut edit techniques

one shot cuts to another

fade in or out

dissolves from 1 image to another