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Glossary of shot terms
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English
12th Grade
05/25/2007

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Cameo Shot
Definition
A shot in which the subject is filmed against a black or neutral background
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Choker
Definition
A tight close-up, usually only showing a subject's face.
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Stage Left or right-
Definition
Actors point of view on stage
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Story Board
Definition
Illustrations displayed in sequence for the purpose of crafting an animated or live action film
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Boom
Definition
A shot filmed from a moving boom, incorporating different camera angles and levels
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Establishing Shot
Definition
Long shot that shows location and mood.. Opening scene
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Dolly Shot
Definition
A moving shot, accomplished by moving the camera as if on a set of tracks
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Extreme Close up
(ECU XCU)
Definition
A magnified shot of a small detail such as the subjects eyes
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up and down stage
Definition
Downstage front up stage is back
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Pan
Definition
Camera moves but the actoer doesnt
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Aside
Definition
A character speaks to the audience about his thoughts
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Soliloquy
Definition
The act if talking to oneself. a dramatic monologue that represents a series of unspoken reflections
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Foreshadowing
Definition
Predicting
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Prop Script
Definition
Cue Cards
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Blocking
Definition
Adding stage direction
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properties
Definition
Props; Objects used
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Setting
Definition
Where scene takes place
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Prologue
Definition
Introduction
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Tragedy
Definition
Begins calm and ends in death
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P.O.V
Definition
Point of View- Camera Becomes you
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editing
Definition
Splicing fixing adding music
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What does the editor do?
Definition
Changes, puts the final movie together
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Follow Shot
Definition
A shot in which the camera follows the subject
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Freeze frame
Definition
A shot that results from repeating the same frame so the subjects appears frozen
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Full Shot (FS)
Definition
A long shot that captures the subjects entire body, head to toe.
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Phase in and out-
Definition
Transition
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Low angle shot
Definition
A shot filmed down low often looking up at the subject(s)
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Medium long shot (MLS)
Definition
A shot wider than a medium but longer than a wide
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Medium Shot
Definition
A shot where the subject is shown from the knees up
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tight shot
Definition
a shot where the subjects fills the whole frame
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two shot
Definition
A medium close shot wide enough for wto peoploe, often used to film conversation
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Over the shoulder (OTS)
Definition
A shot that shows us a Characters point of view, but includes part of that characters shoulder or side of their head in the shot
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