Thursday, 17 February 2011

Some other key terms

Camera movements

* Pan- to turn a camera smoothly and slowly on its axis, moving horizontally across the action being filmed without moving the base on which it is mounted.

*Tilt- to move a camera up or down vertically from a fixed point.

*Zoom- a shot in which a zoom lens is used to make the object in focus appear to move closer or farther away while the camera itself stays still

*Reverse zoom- Is when the camera zooms out as the camera tracks in, which makes the background look like its falling away.

* Tracking shot- a camera shot filmed from a moving dolly, following the movement of somebody or something.

* Hand held- filmed with a camera that is carried by the operator rather than mounted on a support

Mise-en-scene

*Lighting
  • Top light-  The light shines down on a person
  • Up light- The light shines from the bottom, up on a person
  • Key light- Light that is nessesary in a scene
  • Natural light- Light in a scene, coming from outside (natural)
*Costumes

*Make-up

*Characters

*Set

*Props and objects

*Colouring


Sound terms

*Diegetic sound- sound from a recognisable source in a piece of film, e.g. dialogue from a character.

* Non-Diegetic- sound that is not coming from a recognisable source in a piece of film but has been added to the soundtrack, e.g. a voiceover or a piece of music.

*Sound bridge- Makes the scenes flow together well. e.g. Music gets dramatic at the end of one scene, audience prepares themselfs for something dramatic to happen.

*Sound effect- a recording or imitation of a sound used in a film.

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