Camera Angles

Long Shot is everything that sets the scene and opens the scene/establishing shot. Where the film is set, a long shot or establishing shot is used. This lets you know all the important information.
Medium Shot is the most commonly used shot in cinema. It is used to show any character interaction.
Close Up is used to show the audience something/someone important (face).
Shot Reverse Shot is used for dialogue. It focus'on the character talking. It is positioned over their shoulder. This makes you feel part of the conversation.
High Angle Shot This shot connotes power over the object you are viewing. Women have traditionally been shot in this way to make men appear more powerful.
Low Angle Shot This is designed to make a character or and object appear stronger/more powerful.
Tracking Shot The camera is perpendicular to the action and follows the 'subject' or the action.


Editing Continuety-(hollywood editing) the viewer should not notice the cuts and shots should flow together naturally. Hence the sequence of shots should appear to be continuous.
Montage This style of editing has two functions. The highly political soviet style of the 1920s which sought to create a new meaning out of seemingly unconnected shots. The audiences are very aware of the 'cuts'.
Montage (hollywood) In classical Hollywood cinema, a 'montage sequence' is a shot segment in a film in which narative information is presented in a condensed fashion. (condenses lots of important information into a brief sequence) For example, someone trying on various outfits before a night out.
Transition A 'transition' is the term how an editor moves from one shot to another. The use of an innappropriate transition can destroy the mood or pace of a scene.
Crosscutting/parallel editing Editing that alternates shots of two or more lines of action occuring in different places, usually simultaneously.
Dissolve A transition between two shots during which the first image gradually dissappears while the second image gradually appears.
Wipe A transition between shots in which a line passes across te screen, eliminating the first shot as it goes and replacing it with the next one. A very dynamic and noticeable transition, it is usually imployed in action or adventure films.