Movie Editing

A cut to a shot of a character's emotion after hearing or witnessing something.

Focus that travels from one plane to another.

Unit of film composed of a number of interrelated shots.

A shot taken from 180 degrees opposite of the shot before.

The camera revolves vertically, down to up or visa versa.

Mise en scene that feels spacious and free.

The sequence of shots in a movie as it is seen by the public.

A panoramic view of exterior location often from as far as a quarter mile away.

A shot taken from a helicopter or plane.

 A splice of two shots of the same object from slightly different distances.

The crudely edited footage before the editor tightens it up; for test audiences only.

An transition that makes a picture appear gradually as another disappears.

A single uninterrupted L.S. take of an entire scene to use as reference. 

The camera person literally holds the camera and shoot shot (usually shaky).

A shot in which subject is filmed from about 5 feet from ground.

A medium shot featuring two actors.

Purely formalistic, void of any recognizable narrative.

Style of editing determined by dramatic and emotional effect.

The positioning of a camera and lights for a specific shot.

 A transition in which you hear sounds from the next shot in the preceding show.

A shot in which subject is filmed from above eye level.

A relatively close shot, including body from knees or waist up.

When we see a character look at something, we assume the next shot is what they see.

An act of causing a film or television image to darken and disappear gradually

A contraption worn by the camera operator that allows movement and stability.

A shot in which subject is filmed directly overhead.

Joining together of two shots.

A medium shot featuring 3 actors.

A single lengthy shot, usually involving complex staging and camera movements.

Cutting together many shots of short duration.

One plane is clear for beginning of shot; then it becomes blurry-another plane becomes clear. 

A medium shot taken from over the shoulder of one actor (good for dialogue scenes).

A shot taken from a moving vehicle.

Mise en scene that feels confined with no freedom of movement.

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 A splice between either two different shots, in which objects in both occupy the same space.

Usually a L.S. or E.L.S. that shows locale, providing the context of the scene.

A shot taken from a special device which resembles a mechanical arm.

A shot in which subject is filmed from a camera not parallel from the ground.

The camera revolves horizontally, right to left or visa versa.

A shot that starts as C.U. and tracks back to reveal more of scene.

Editing in which shots are arranged to preserve the fluidity of action with showing all of it.

"Placing on Stage."  All decisions put into creating an awesome shot.

Those images recorded continuously from time camera starts to time it stops.

Proved the usefulness and effectiveness of film editing; humans find connections!

Any shot that looks like it's what a character is seeing.

Alternating shot from two sequences in different locales to suggest simultaneous time.

A shot that includes roughly as much as the audience's view of a proscenium stage.

One shot ends and the next shot begins.

Style using contrasting shots, generating ideas more than the meaning of the shots themselves

The cutting, reorganizing and splicing of shots together to create a movie.

A shot taken with the aid of a special lens that "goes" closer or farther from subject.

A detailed view of a person or object, usually without much background (e.g., only face).

A minutely detailed view of an object (e.g., eyes or mouth only)

The kind of logic and rhythm implied by association of shots.

An imaginary line, past which the camera cannot move, so as not to confuse audience.

When one shot pushes the proceeding shot.

Type of long shot that includes the entire body (i.e., head at top, feet at bottom of screen).

A shot in which one plane is clear; other planes are blurry. 

A shot of lengthy duration.

 A splice of two shots of the same object from slightly different angles.

A shot in which subject is filmed from below eye level.

All the takes that have been filmed.  (Average 40 hours per movie)