FT318 Shot Types Review

Extreme wide shot

emphasizes sense of scale, location, no characters

Wide shot

certain elements emphasized like setting, gender

Full shot

full length of a character, identifying faces, body language, setting

Medium close up

details to character’s emotional state, narrow depth of field, color/style

Close up

heightened sense of character’s emotional state, greater intensity

Extreme close up

rather rare, cue to specific detail

Mise-en-scene

• Composition of scene elements (actors, etc)

  • Blocking/movement of actors within the frame 

  • Framing and shot types 

  • Focus and depth of field 

• Lighting 

• Costuming, makeup, hair 

• Set design, props, etc

Editing techniques

• Sound editing and mixing

• Film editing

Sound editing and mixing

• SFX

• Music 

• Diegetic (in the world of the story) and non-diegetic (outside the realm of the movie/score)

Film editing

• Shot length 

• Rhythm 

• Transitions (match cuts, smash cuts)