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Elements of Film
Basic Film Terms
Basic Film Terms
• Shot: a segment of film; an image that
begins when the camera is started and
ends either when the camera is stopped
or the shot is replaced by a new image.
Basic Film Elements
• Scene: a unit of film composed of a number of interrelated shots
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Basic Film Terms
• Frame: the perimeter of the viewing screen
• Mise-en-scene (frame composition): in French, this term means “what is in front of the camera”; it refers to the visual style of a scene, or the arrangement of lighting, props, characters, setting, etc.
What can you tell me about this scene based on its
mise-en-scene?
Basic Film Terms
• Cinematography: the making of lighting and camera choices when recording film for cinema.
Basic Camera Shots
• Establishing shot: a wide-angled shot that provides a view of the setting.
Basic Camera Shots
• Full Shot: An image in which the distance between the camera and subject is far, usually showing the full shot of a person.
Basic Camera Shots• Medium
Shot: a relatively close shot, revealing some detail. (generally includes the subject from the waist or knees up.
Basic Camera Shots• Close-up:
a detailed view of the subject, especially on the subject’s face.
Basic Camera Shots
• Extreme Close up: a magnified view of something that fills the entire frame.
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Basic Camera Shots• Zoom In: when the camera moves in on
a person or object and focuses in on the small details.
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Basic Camera Shots• Zoom Out: when the camera moves out,
loses focus on a specific object or person, and shows the surrounding setting.
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Basic Camera Shots
• Crane Shot: a shot taken from a crane which can move the camera in virtually any direction; shoots from great heights
Basic Camera Shots• Tracking Shot (or dolly shot): a shot
taken from a moving vehicle or other wheeled device.
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Camera Angles
• Camera Height: the height at which the camera is positioned.
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How does the camera height affect how you see this picture?
Camera Angle
• Low Angle Shot: a shot in which the image is photographed from below.
Low Angle Shot• What effect does it have on this scene?
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Camera Angles
• High Angle Shot: a shot in which the subject is photographed from above; camera is placed high and aims downward