Basic Film Terminology

Shot - is any continuous piece of uninterrupted filming

Edit – is classified as any break in the film where one shot ends and the next shot begins

Scene – is a collection of shots arranged through editing into a specific order

SHOT > EDIT > SCENE

Frame – the border or edge of the screen. Everything that you can see

Framing – deciding what images the audience will see within the frame

Still Frames

- Shot type

- Angle of the Shot

- Framing of the shot

- Use of colour and lighting

- How does it make you feel?

MISE EN SCENE > CINEMATOGRAPHY > SOUND > EDITING

Mise en Scene

- style of acting

- props

- lighting

- setting

Cinematography

- camera movement

- speed

- exposure

- camera position

- focus

- perspective

Shot type

- extreme long shot

- long shot

- medium long shot

- medium shot

- medium close up

- close up

- extreme close up

Editing

- rhythm (beat of the film)

- passing of time (e.g. 20 minute walk into a 20 second walk)

- graphic relationship (fading from pictures that look the same etc)

Sound

- Music

- Sound effects

- Dialogue

Genre – a loose set of criteria for a category of composition