FILM TERMINOLOGY

Learning film related terms

SPACE
1. Screen Direction
Horizontal direction (X-Axis) (Left-to-Right
& Right-to-Left)

Vertical direction (Y-Axis)

Strangers on a train (1951)

FRAME

Orientation and Disorientation:

Extreme Close-Up

Once upon a time in the West (1968)

SHAPE WITHIN THE FRAME

Shapes express ideas and a range of emotions

Rectangular:
Rectangle is the portal between two worlds The Searchers (1956)

EDITING

Assembly (Psycho) Psycho shower scene Intercutting (Cabaret) Maybe this time Dissolves (Citizen Kane) wedding scene Smash Cut (Horror / Suspense movies) Fade in / Fade out

EDITING
Split Screen
Simultaneous action & Suspense

The Boston Strangler (1968)

Expanding Time:
Overlapping Action Intercutting Slow-Motion Fast-Motion Flashback Fashforward Freeze-Frame Junior Bonner (1972)

TIME

SOUND EFFECTS
Realistic Sound E.T. Expressive Sound Apocalypse Now Surreal Sound Barton Fink
MUSIC Symbolic Use

CAMERA POSITION
-Close-Up -Extreme Close-Up -Two-Shot -Over-the-Shoulder Shot -POV (Point of View) -High-angle -Low-Angle

CAMERA MOTION
-Static Shot -Pan -Tilt-up -Tilt-down -Circular motion -Crane -Handheld -Steadicam -Aerial

TOUCH OF EVIL (1958)

Watch the famous beginning of the movie and identify and comment at least 5 techniques Orson Welles used. (Editing, Sound, Camera Position and Movement)

THE SHINING (1980)

Do the same with this scene

THE KILLERS (1964)

And finally, with the ending of this film