Terminology

camera work 
  • establishing shots 
Establishing Shot. An establishing shot is usually the first shot of a new scene, designed to show the audience where the action is taking place. It is usually a very wide shot or extreme wide shot.

  • low angle, high angle, canted angle, or ariel shorts
Noun. canted angle (plural canted angles) (TV, cinematography) A camera anglewhich is deliberately slanted to one side, sometimes used for dramatic effect to help portray unease, disorientation, frantic or desperate action, intoxication, madness, etc.

  • elaborate camera movement such as tracks, steadicam or crane shots 
A tracking shot is any shot where the camera moves alongside the object(s) it is recording. In cinematography, the term refers to a shot in which the camera is mounted on a camera dolly that is then placed on rails – like a railroad track. The camera is then pushed along the track while the image is being filmed.
  • hand held camera 
Hand-held camera or hand-held shooting is a filmmaking and video production technique in which a camera is held in the camera operator's hands as opposed to being mounted on a tripod or other base. ... Hand-held camera shots often result in a shaky image, unlike the stable image from a tripod-mounted camera.
  • shallow focus pulls
The Focus Pull. The focus pull (AKA rack focus) is a creative camera technique in which you change focus during a shot. Usually this means adjusting the focus from one subject to another. The shot below begins focused on the plant in the foreground, then adjusts focus until the girl is sharp.
editing
  • shot/reverse shot 
  • juxtaposition   
  • non continually editing 
  • crosscutting 
  • fast paced editing 
  • less common transitions, dissolve, wipe fade 
  • post productior affects 

soundtrack
    
   music - 
   diegetic/non-diegetic sound -

   sound effects -

   sound bridge - A sound bridge is a type of sound editing that occurs when sound carries over a visual transition in a film. This type of editing provides a common transition in the continuity editing style because of the way in which it connects the mood, as suggested by the music, throughout multiple scenes.
   voiceover. - voice over the video
Mise en scene
   lighting (especially low-key lighting)
When applied to the cinema, mise-en-scène refers to everything that appears before the camera and its arrangement—composition, sets, props, actors, costumes, and lighting. ... "Mise-en-scène" also includes the composition, which consists of the positioning and movement of actors, as well as objects, in the shot.
   location/set
where you film
   costume and make up
what you where 
   props
what you use in the video
   casting and performance style
blocking ( the composition of elements within the shot)

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