Assesment Task Two

• Frame 


  the subatomic particle, the smallest part of a film.
• Shot


  Basic unit of film, one continuous piece of footage
• scene


  the action in a single location and continuous time
• sequence


  can be a series of scenes that form a distinct narrative unit, which is usually connected either by a unity of location or time. But it can be smaller than a scene, a series of shots that tie a particular storytelling beat or moment together.
• Acts


  made up of a number of scenes and reflects the overall structure of the film. These can be the hardest to define and are more often for writing or appreciating the craft of scriptwriting.
• Overhead/ Overshot/ Birds Eye View

  • The camera is directly above the subject being filmed
  • Can make subject look small, vulnerable, insignificant, especially if person is looking directly into the camera.and the
• High Angle

  • Camera is above the object/ person being filmed
  • Makes subject look small, vulnerable, insignificant, especially if person is looking directly into the camera
• Eye Level

  • This is the most natural shot and is when the camera is level with the subject being filmed.
  • Tends to suggest real life and equality between characters
• Low Angle

  • Where the camera is below or looking up at the object/ figure
  • Suggests position of power
• Undershot/ Under-angle

  • Where the camera is directly beneath the object/ figure
  • Used to shot extreme danger/ power
• Extreme Long/ Establishing shot

  • Contains a lot of landscape
  • Helps to establish the location of the action
  • usually used at the beginning of a film
• Long shot

  • Closer than extreme long shot
  • Human figures are recognisable, but still contain a lot of background
  • Used to show humans in their environment
• Full Shot

  • Contains whole figure- human/ animal/ object
  • Can be more than one figure in the frame
• Mid Shot

  • Shows around half of the figure being filmed
• close up

  • Almost no background and focuses on only one section of the figure being filmed
  • provides more detail
  • If a face, creates a sense of intimacy and closeness
• Extreme close-up

  • Focuses on a very small part of the figure being filmed
• Over-the-shoulder


  usually a mid shot used for dialogue scenes, in which the actor is filmed head-on over the shoulder of the other actor facing away from the camera.
• Point Of View Shot

  • Camera takes view of one of the characters, becoming the characters eyes
  • Can give very surreal feel
• Cut- in

  • shots are where we get a close-up/ extreme close-up of an object important in the scene.
• Vertigo Effect


  where the camera physically moves in the opposite direction to the zoom, creating an unusual visual distortion. Used to show realisation, often in horror.
• Reaction Shot


  is a cut to shot of a characters reaction to the contents of the preceding shot.
• Pull-back dolly


  A technique used to surprise the viewer by withdrawing from a scene to reveal an object or character that was previously out of the frame.
• Model Shot


  When miniatures or models are used in a shot instead of real objects. Often used in big disaster films.
• Panning

  • The camera moves from side to side, or up and down either from object to object or following an object around- must be done slowly, or the object will go out of focus
  • Often used with extreme long shots to establish location
• Tracking Shot

  • The camera is on a moving platform and moves with the object of frame
  • Subject is kept in focus at all times- gives the impression that we are going along with the subject and makes us feel more involved in what they are doing
• Dolly Shot

  • Similar to a tracking shot- the camera is mounted- but it moves away from the subject of the frame
  • Can enhance the feeling of what the subject is doing and also give the impression that we are distancing- physically and emotionally- from the subject
• Tilt

  • Movement of camera in any direction that gives a responder a sense of strangeness, imbalance, confusion
• zoom

  • taken with a zoom lens that allows continuous movement from a long shot to a close-up without moving the camera
  • Used instead of dolly shots
• Whip Pan

  • is an intentionally fast camera rotation or tilt that is so fast that it creates an often-disorienting blur effect
• Crane Shot

  • Is often used by composers of films to signify the end of a film or scene. This effect is achieved by the camera being put on a crane that can move upwards. The camera physically moves on the verticle axis.