Humanities

Moment when the main character becomes aware of an essential truth about himself or his situation; recognition

Horizontal movement of the camera from a fixed position

Script with the dialogue, descriptions, and all other elements required to tell the story of a film, television show, or other visual story

Series of events in narrative storytelling that occurs after the climax and ends in the resolution or denouement of the story

Series of events in narrative storytelling that create tension and suspense in building to the climax of the story

Vertical movement of the camera from a fixed position

Film technique to establish quick passage of time

Art of movie photography, including camera position and lighting in-telling a story

Point of View Shot

Camera shot where the subject is close; used to establish emotional context

Film technique employing detailed shots to stretch out screen time

Films that attempt to capture actual events in the very moment that they occur

Camera shot where the subjects are at a distance that gives them context, devoting about half of the frame to the actors, emphasizing their surroundings

A gradual transition from one image to another, usually signifying the passage of time

Gradual transition from image to darkness or the reverse

Camera shot that moves directly toward or away from the subject or alongside the subject through the use of a rolling platform called a dolly

Immediate transition from one moment in a shot to a later moment in the same shot, causing an abrupt shift in the subject's position

Camera shot from a large dolly that allows viewing the actors from above or to move up and away from them

Camera shot that shows the character who is experiencing action

A gradual transition from one image to another accomplished by the movement of a border, edge, or shape (such as a vertical bar or an expanding circle) between the images

Basic unit of film-making: what the motion picture camera records in a single stretch of time

Uninterrupted shot of an entire scene, usually used as a timing and pacing reference during the editing process

A set of techniques that seek to make the transitions (or cuts) from shot to shot as unobtrusive and continuous as possible

Films that are purely artistic expressions of light, color, form, shape and movement, without narrative content or documenting intent

Films that use the same forms and techniques used by theater and literature to tell a story

Explanatory printed text on cards inserted into a film

Extended film sequence comprised of many different shots or images, cut together to condense the narrative, or to create a specific impression

Camera shot that establishes the setting of the scene that follows

Form of entertainment that employs a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement to tell a story

Technique of cutting repeatedly between two different sequences, suggesting they are happening simultaneously, or that the events are thematically related

Temporary interruption of the chronological progress of the narrative, during which interruption an event of the past is shown