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Glossary
Types of Shots
| Long shot |
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A shot taken from a sufficient distance to show a landscape, a building, or a large crowd.
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| Medium shot |
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A shot between a long shot and a close-up that might show two people in full figure or several people from the waist up.
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| Close-up |
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A shot of one face or object that fills the screen completely.
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| Extreme close-up |
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A shot of a small object or part of a face that fills the screen.
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Camera Angles
| High angle |
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The camera looks down at what is being photographed.
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| Eye level |
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A shot that approximates human vision; a camera presents an object so that the line between camera and object is parallel to the ground.
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| Low angle |
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The camera looks up at what is being photographed.
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Camera Movement
| Pan |
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The camera moves horizontally on a fixed base.
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| Tilt |
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The camera points up or down from a fixed base.
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| Boom |
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The camera moves up or down through space.
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Tracking
(dolly shot) |
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The camera moves through space on a wheeled truck (or dolly), but stays on the same plane.
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| Zoom |
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Not a camera movement but a shift in the focal length of the camera lens to give the impression that the camera is getting closer to or farther from an object.
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Editing
| Cut |
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The most common type of transition in which one scene ends and a new one immediately begins.
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| Fade-out / Fade-in |
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One scene gradually goes dark and the new one gradually emerges from the darkness.
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| Dissolve |
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A gradual transition, in which the end of one scene is superimposed over the beginning of a new one.
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| Wipe |
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An optical effect in which one shot appears to "wipe" the preceding one from the screen. |
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