Cinematography

Cinematography

1. Everything to do with the camera

   • Can establish links between the characters by using the camera.
   • Can identify key objects in a film and creates more atmosphere

2. Aerial Shot

   • A shot taken from a plane, helicopter or a person on top of a building

3. Close Up

   • Taken at close range and shows the subject on a large scale

4. Crane Shot

   • Shot taken by a camera on a crane or jib, to view above or far away

5. Dolly

   • Wheeled platform that is pushed on rails while a video is taken

6. Establishing Shot

   • Sets up the context for scene by showing the relationship between important figures

7. Extreme Close Up

   • Gets very close to the actor or object to show extreme detail

8. Extreme Long Shot

   • A wider frame value in which subjects in the frame are small

9. High Angle

   • When the camera angle is located above the eyeline so camera looks down

10. Low Angle

    • When the camera is located below the eyeline, looking up

11. Long Shot

    • A value of framing where the whole subject is relatively small to fit the frame

12. Medium Long Shot

    • A value of framing that almost shows the full subject

13. Medium Shot

    • A bit smaller than a medium close up: human figure from waist up

14. Over The Shoulder

    • Shot of someone/something from the camera angle of a shoulder view of another person

15. Pan

    • When the camera angle is moved across a scene

16. POV Shot

    • Shot that reveals what a character is looking at

17. Push In, Pull Back

    • Camera focus moves towards or away from a person or object

18. Shot-Reverse-Shot

    • A series of edited shots that alternate between together

19. Tilt

    • When the camera tilts up or down, rotating around the object

20. Tracking Shot

    • When the camera focus moves with an object

21. Two Shot

    • When two people are in the same shot at the same time

22. Zoom

    • When the camera focus zooms in and enlarges a picture, zooms out and shrinks a picture