The 4 Key Areas
Shots: establishing shot,
master shot, close-up, mid-shot, long shot, wide shot, two-shot, aerial shot,
point of view shot, over the shoulder shot, and variations of these.
Angle: high angle, low angle,
canted angle.
Movement: pan, tilt, track,
dolly, crane, steadicam, hand-held, zoom, reverse zoom.
Composition: framing, rule of
thirds, depth of field – deep and shallow focus, focus pulls.
Editing
Includes transition of image and sound – continuity and non-continuity
systems.
Cutting: shot/reverse shot,
eyeline match, graphic match, action match, jump cut, crosscutting, parallel
editing, cutaway; insert.
Other transitions, dissolve, fade-in, fade-out, wipe, superimposition,
long take, short take, slow motion, ellipsis and expansion of time,
post-production, visual effects.
Sound
Soundtrack: score, incidental music,
themes and stings, ambient sound.
Diegetic and
non-diegetic sound; synchronous/asynchronous sound; sound effects;
sound motif, sound bridge, dialogue, voiceover, mode of address/direct address,
sound mixing, sound perspective.
Mise-en-Scène
Production design: location, studio, set
design, costume and make-up, properties.
Lighting; colour design.
