Terminology

Establishing shot-  

An Establishing shot is a camera shot which shows the surroundings of the scene, it is normally at the beginning of a scene indicating where and sometimes when the remainder of the scene takes place.

Bird's eye view shot

A bird's-eye view is an image gained when the position of the observer is significantly higher than that of the subject. Looking down upon a subject can be achieved in a number of ways and may serve several different purposes. For filmmakers and photographers, bird's-eye views are a way to add interest to a shot or relate important information about the subject.

Long shot   Typically shows the entire object or human figure and is usually intended to place it in some relation to its surroundings. Long shots are used to see the persons clothes, or body language

Medium shot

Medium shots are from the head to the waist, we can often see the persons facial expressions quite well. We can see a bit of the persons body language with a medium shot. It is often called Mid-shot.

Close up shot

A close up tightly frames a person or an object, we can only see the from the neck up in a close up shot. It is used quite a lot to show detail and expressions on a persons face. In the older days, it was used so the people could recognize stars.

Worms eye view shot

Opposite of birds eye view shot. it is a angle where you are looking up from beneath the object of interest. It is used quite a lot in scenes when a person is hurt or looking up at someone It is used in filming to look up to something to make an object look tall, strong and mighty.

Juxtaposition - Contrast

Composition- Where Objects have been placed in the shot
Chekhov's Gun - The process of having a seemingly insignificant object shown that later becomes significant to the drama.




Transistion -  Switch from one scene to another
Cut
 fade
 wipe
dissolve- one shot blends with another
Jump cut
pace
quick pace - dramatic action
slow pace- allows the audience in to the drama
E.g the opening scene the editing is used to suggest........
Screen time - Indicate who is privalidged in the clip.

Match
1. Graphic matching - same geomatric shape to create an illusion and artistic effect.
2. Eyeline match - Shot of a face and then cuts to what they're directly looking at
3. Matched action- cutting on action moment
4. Shot reverse shot - used in dialogue - when two characters are having a convo, the director uses a series of shot,reverse shot.

5. Techniques - slow motion. flashbacks, colour editing
6. Montages - Condenses time to make it shorter
7. Continuinity editing  - happens in real time
parallel editing - side by side