Key words of Film Studies TV Drama

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  • Created on: 13-03-17 13:20
Establishing shot
showing the location the scene is taking place
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Master shot
showing where the characters/objects are positioned in a scene
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Close-up
someone from the shoulders and up
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Mid-shot
someone from the waist and up
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Long shot
someone from head to toe
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Wide shot
a wide view of the scene
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Two-shot
showing two people
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Aerial shot
filmed from the air
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Point of view shot
showing the perspective of a character
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Over the shoulder shot
showing over the shoulders
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High angle
camera looks down on someone. effect?
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Low angle
camera looks up at someone. effect?
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Canted angle
slanted angle
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Pan
moves from side to side
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Tilt
moves up and down
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Track
follows a person or an object
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Crane
moves up and down on a crane
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Cutting
one shot is replaced immediately by the next
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Shot-reverse-shot
cutting back and forth between two people in a convo
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Eyeline match
shows what a character is looking at
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Graphic match
similar shape or colour linking two consecutive shots
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Action match
shows another angle of the scene
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Jump cut
cutting out the middle section of a shot
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Crosscutting
cutting back and forth between two or more scenes happening simultaneously
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Long take
single continuous shot that is very long
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Fast paced/slow paced editing
when the editing is fast paced the action will cut rapidly form shot to shot, when the editing is slow paced its limited from cutting shot to shot
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Dissolve
one shot fades out as the next fades in
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Fade out/fade in
fades out to a blank screen or fades in from a blank screen
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Superimposition
one image is placed on top of another image
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Slow motion
Well.. slow motion
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Diegetic
any sounds happening inside the programme (dialogue, footsteps, sound effect)
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Non-diegetic
a sound put in the programme (background music)
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Sound motif
a sound thats associated with a character, place or theme
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Sound bridge
sound linking one scene to another
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Dialogue
words spoken by actors
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Direct address
actor speaks directly to the camera
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Sound mix
different sounds in a scene mixed together
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Ambient sound
background noise
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Mise en scene
facial expressions, costume, makeup, body language, location, props
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high-key and low-key lighting
bright and dark lighting. effects?
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Zoom
zooms in or out
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Reverse-zoom
lenses zoom in or out whilst camera moves in the opposite direction
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Steadicam
strapped to the characters body, creates a gliding effect
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Card 2

Front

showing where the characters/objects are positioned in a scene

Back

Master shot

Card 3

Front

someone from the shoulders and up

Back

Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

Front

someone from the waist and up

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

someone from head to toe

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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