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Shot

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Smallest unit in film language; continuous run of image unbroken by edit

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Sequence

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Expressive unit made up of editing together multiple shots to define a unified action or event, or passers of time or place

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Scene

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A dramatic unit in which action ostensibly happens in continuous time and within a single location

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mese-en-scene

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Defined as anything visible in the frame of the shot: the subject, actions, setting, lighting, graphic qualities…

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The frame

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Two definitions

Physical frame: each individual still image captured on film or on video, which, when projected as a series, creates the illusion of motion

Compositional frame: two dimensional space defined by its horizontal x axis and vertical y axis dimensions. Third dimension for depth z axis

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Aspect Ratio

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The relationship between the width and the height of the frame; derived by dividing the the width by the height

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Closed frame

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All of the essential information in the shot is neatly contained within the parameters of the frame

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Open frame

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The composition leads the audience to be aware of the area beyond the edges of the visible shot

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Deep frame

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A frame that accentuates depth

z-axis

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Flat frame

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A frame that accentuates the the two-dimensionality of the image

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Object overlapping

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The understanding that objects nearer the foreground will partially cover or overlap objects farther in the background

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Diminishing perspective

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The perceptual understanding that objects will appear to be smaller the farther they are from the viewer and vice-versa

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Foreshortening

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One part of an object appears larger or smaller based off of the position of the viewer

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Stereopsis

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Visual perception phenomenon created by viewing objects with two eyes that physiologically are placed slightly apart

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Rule of thirds

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Used as a guide for framing human subjects and for composition in general

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Extreme long shot or wide shot

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Shows a large view of the location, setting, or landscape

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Long shot

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Contains the whole human figure

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Medium long shot

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Frames subject from knees up

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Medium shot

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Frames subject from waist up

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Medium close up

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Chest or shoulders up

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Close up

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Places the primary emphasis on the face of other part of the body

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Extreme close up

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Shot that Isolates a very small detail or feature of the subject

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Two shots, three shots, group shots

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Amount of subjects per shot

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High angle

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Raising camera above eye level

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Low angle
Lowering camera below eye level
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Dutch angle
Tilting camera laterally so that your horizon of your composition is oblique
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Pan
Scans space horizontally
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Tilt
Shift cameras perspective vertically
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Track
Move camera in order to follow a subject
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Dolly
Camera moves closer to or further away from subject
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Boom
Lifting camera up and down
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Crane
Camera lifted very high in the air above a human subjects head
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Perspective, focus, exposure
3 basic critical aspects of an image
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Focal length
Determines the degree of magnification or de-magnification of the shot
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Wide angle
Short lenses
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Normal
Medium lenses
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Telephoto
Long lenses
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Prime lenses
Lenses with one fixed focal length
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Zoom lenses
A continuous range of focal lengths
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Rack focus
Shifting the plans of critical between two static subjects along z axis
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Follow focus
Subject is moving along z axis either closer to or further away from the camera
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Aperture
The opening and closing of the iris ; all light that gathered by the lenses must pass through the aperture before registered on film
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Iris
Control amount of light exposing the film
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F stop
The ring that controls the aperture
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Depth of field
Range of apparent focus along the z axis
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Shallow depth of field
Subject stands out from environment
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Deep depth of field
Increases the amount of information we see along the z axis you gain environmental detail
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1/2-2/3 rule
Two thirds of the depth range among the z axis is behind the focus point and one third is in front
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Hand held camera
Basic support using human body to hold camera
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Tripod
Three legged support of camera
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Dolly
Camera support on wheels
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Steadicam
Stabilizing system
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Light meter
A small calculator that accurately measures the light intensity values of a scene and then calculates a proper exposure
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Color temperature
The tonality that a light favors
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180 degree principle
Must shoot all of the shots in a continuity sequence from only one side of the action
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180 degree line (axis of action)
Imaginary line drawn along the action
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20mm/30 degree rule
When cutting from shot a to shot b must must change size of shot b by 22mm and and camera angle by 30 degrees
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NLE
All films not destined for broadcast, DVD, or theatrical release
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Dallies
Raw footage
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First assembly edit
Placing end to end all shots, sequences, and scenes or even an entire short film without selecting too precisely the parameters of each shot
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Rough cut
A version of film in which all the scenes have been edited fairly tightly without many of the transitions blunter
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Fine cut
Finessing all of the edits one by one
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Picture lock
The point in time in which you the edited can't make anymore more changes
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Omnidirectional mic
Picks up audio from all directions equally
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Cardioid mic
The pickup pattern is someone direction and heart shaped
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Hypercardioids
Also heart shaped pickup but more sensitive
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Phantom power
Power provided by the record deck or a mixer, delivered to the mic via one of the three XLR ports or through the use of a battery source
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Mono
One mic
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Stereo
Two mics
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Boom pole
Allows one to position a mic as close as possible to the source but still remain outside the boundaries of the shot
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Shock mount
Holds the mic in place
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Light intensity
Strength of light emitted by a source measured by a light meter
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3 point lighting
Contains a key light, fill light, and backlight
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Lighting ratio
Amount of shadows contained in scene and their depth relative to the illuminated areas
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Practicals
Lights included as mise-en-scene
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Set lights
Light larger area of set
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Open faced lights
Consist of an open lamp and a speculator reflector system
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Fresnel light
One of most common and versatile; unique lens and oval lenses lamp
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Soft light
Emit reflected light
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Barn doors
Help control the coverage of the beam
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Scrims
Used to reduce the intensity of light
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Gobo
Between a light source and the scene
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Nets
Like scrims reduce light
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Flags
Precise trimming of light

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