throughout Europe; go according to plan; convey to the audience; be driven to despair;
out of desperation; due to unforeseen circumstances; make significant contrast to;
suffer from allergy; in - depth analysis (of); carefully guide smb through rehearsals;
a few days prior to; bring out the best in smb; positive attitude (to); handle with ease;
make allowances for; gradually change; persuasive argument; welcoming ambience;
distinctive feature (of); become apparent to smb; formidable obstacle to; edgy dialogue;
be subject to government approval; entirely different from; be visible to the naked eye;
maintain the right balance between; seamlessly integrate; constituent part;
have a soothing effect (on); overall expenditure; find fault with.
FILM TERMS
Exercise 36. There are a lot of film terms connected with types of shots, editing, sound,
Camera movement and angles, that can be useful for a movie analysis.
Do you know them?
A) Match the film terms with their definitions.
| 1. Shot | A. It focuses on detail / expression / reaction. Viewing a person it shows either head or head and shoulders. |
| 2. Scene | B. Camera moves from side to side from a stationary position. |
| 3. Storyboard | C. A single continuous shot made with a camera moving along the ground. |
| 4. Montage | D. The image appears or disappears gradually. Often used as a division between scenes. |
| 5. Parallel action | E. It shoots down at subject. Used to increase vulnerability, powerlessness, decrease size. |
| 6. Long Shot | F. Drawn up when designing a production. Plans AV text and shows how each shot relates to sound track. (Think comic strip with directions like a rough draft or outline for a film.) |
| 7. Medium or Mid Shot | G. Narrative strategy that crosscuts between two or more separate actions to create the illusion that they are occurring simultaneously. |
| 8. Close Up | H. It is framed from a particular characters point of view. Audience sees what character sees. |
| 9. Tracking shot | I. The ending of a shot. If it seems inconsistent with the next shot, it is called a jump. |
| 10. Reverse shot | J. Musical soundtrack. |
| 11. Subjective Shot / POV | K. Continuous, unedited piece of film of any length. |
| 12. Pan | L. Overall view from a distance of whole scene. Often used as an establishing shot to set a scene. Viewing a person it will show the whole body. |
| 13. Tilt | M. One image fades in while another fades out so that for a few seconds, the two are superimposed. |
| 14. Tracking | N. All sounds that are neither dialogue nor music. |
| 15. Low Angle Camera | O. A series of shots that together form a complete episode or unit of the narrative. |
| 16. High Angle Camera | P. Camera moves to follow a moving object or person. |
| 17. Cut | Q. Consists of dialogue, sound effects and music. It should reveal something about the scene that visual images dont. |
| 18. Fade in or out | R. Spoken words laid over the other tracks in sound mix to comment upon the narrative or to narrate. |
| 19. Dissolve | S. It shoots up at subject. Used to increase size, power, status of subject. |
| 20. Soundtrack | T. It can give background information while still focusing on subject. Viewing a person it usually shows waist to head. |
| 21. Score | U. A shot taken at a 180 degree angle from the preceding shot. It is commonly used during editing a dialogue, angle may vary from 120 to 180. |
| 22. Sound effects | V. Two shots edited together that alternate the characters, typically in a conversation situation. |
| 23. Voice-over | W. Camera moves up or down from a stationary position. |
| 24. Shot-reverse-shot | X. The editing together of a large number of shots with no intention of creating a continuous reality. It is often used to compress time, and montage shots are linked through a unified sound either a voiceover or a piece of music. |
B) Use 10 film terms out of the list above in your own sentences.
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