1. Basic Film Terms

2. Film Terms
Storyboard: drawings of each shot that match the shooting script

3. Film Terms
Stock footage: various shots and scenes kept in a film archive for repeated use; famous news events as well as more anonymous footage can be cut into a film without the expense of shooting new footage

4. Film Terms
Stock footage: various shot and scenes kept in a film archive for repeated use; famous news events as well as more anonymous footage can be cut into a film without the expense of shooting new footage

5. Film Terms
Mise-en-scène: Atmosphere, setting, décor, and texture of a shot. The way a scene has been designed and staged for the camera

6. Film Terms: Camera Shots
Establishing shot: placed at the beginning of a film or sequence, the est. shot sets the time and place of the action. A shot that reveals setting.

7. Film Terms: Camera Shots
Long shot: a shot from a significant distance from the camera to show landscape, buildings, large interiors. An establishing shot is often a long shot.

8. Film Terms: Camera Shots
Medium shot: a shot from that reveals an actor’s full figure from the waist up.

9. Film Terms: Camera Shots
Close-up: shot that reveals a subject up close. The subject fills the screen. An extreme close-up may focus on a specific detail of a subject.

10. Film Terms: Camera Shots
One-shot: a camera with one person in it.

11. Film Terms
Low angle: a camera angle whereby it looks UP at its subject. The camera is positioned beneath the subject.

12. Film Terms: Camera Angles
High angle: a camera angle whereby it looks DOWN at its subject. The camera is positioned above the subject.

13. Film Terms: Camera Angles
Flat angle: a camera angle whereby the camera is at an even level and on the same plane as its subject.

14. Film Terms: Camera Angles
Wide angle: a focal length that gives a viewer the widest angle of view. The maximum focal LENGTH of a lens.

15. Film Terms: Lighting
Natural: sunlight alone illuminates a set/scene

16. Film Terms: Lighting
High key: bright, artificial lighting (lamps) illuminates a set/scene

17. Film Terms: Lighting
Low key: dim lighting accentuates a set/scene, especially to add mood.