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Establishing Shot?
Shot from far out that estatblishes a location, usually within which exist the subjects being filmed
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Long Shot?
Shot that contains a view of the entire subject; if that is a person then that means this will consist of the entire body
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Medium Shot?
Includes half of the subject (upper half) more then just the face
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Close up?
Zooms in on the subject to reveal details of expression, usually facial features
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Over the Shoulder?
Used in interviews is designed to reveal the presence of an on looker gazing at a subject, common during conversation
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Extreme Closeup?
Needs a specific reason to get this close. Too close to show general reactions or emotion except in very dramatic scenes
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Angle on action/Cutaway?
Usually of something other than the current action, a different subject or just about anything else
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Locked off?
Camera doesn't move the entire scene, is in on fixed location
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Pan?
Show movement or expand on setting. The camera on a fixed stand that gradually moves left/right/up/down. Moves slowly
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Dolly?
Cart that travels along the tracks, the camera is mounted on the dolly and records the shot as it moves, very dramatic
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Push?
When a camera moves away from a passive setting towards ACTION
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Pull?
Camera moves away from an action towards a more passive scene
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High-angle?
- Camera shoots a subject from above, positioning the viewer above the subject
- -a sense of power over the viewer
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Eye-level/Flat-angle?
Camera is even with the subject, positioning the viewer as equal
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Reverse-angle [POV]?
- When the camera takes on the perspective of a subject in the world being created on film
- -perspective shot
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Posed?
Subject is one who is specifically arranged for hte camera and looking at the camera with full knowledge they are being filmed
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Aware?
Is when the person/people being filmed and is aware that it is there however they ignore it. Attentions directed somewhere else
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Natural?
- Subject who is natural infront of the camera DOES NOT KNOW they are bing filmed
- -made awre, naturalism is gone
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Editing?
Careful selection and ordering of images to construct a narrative or message with a specific effect on its audience
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Mise en scene?
French for "placing on stage" expression has been used to express the composition of visual elements on film in order to impress a story or image in the viewers mind without necesarily revealing every detail
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Positioning?
- Filmmakers ability to assign a specific role to the viewer via selection and editing of various shots
- -voyer, bystander, participant
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