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Shot scale and relative boundaries
High, low and canted angles
Point of view
Lead room and composition
The subject’s size within the frame. Name the term: ____. Shot scale
The subject’s size within the frame.
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The subject occupies little of an expansive view. Name the term: ____. Extreme long shot
The subject occupies little of an expansive view.
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A standing figure fits nearly the full frame height. Name the term: ____. Long shot
A standing figure fits nearly the full frame height.
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A person is framed approximately from the chest upward. Name the term: ____. Medium close-up
A person is framed approximately from the chest upward.
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A head or comparably sized object dominates the frame. Name the term: ____. Close-up
A head or comparably sized object dominates the frame.
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A small detail dominates the image. Name the term: ____. Extreme close-up
A small detail dominates the image.
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The camera looks from above the subject. Name the term: ____. High angle
The camera looks from above the subject.
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The camera looks from below the subject. Name the term: ____. Low angle
The camera looks from below the subject.
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The frame is rolled away from level. Name the term: ____. Canted framing
The frame is rolled away from level.
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The image approximates what a character sees. Name the term: ____. Point of view
The image approximates what a character sees.
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Shot-size labels depend on context; they are not universal cuts. Name the term: ____. Scale boundaries
Shot-size labels depend on context; they are not universal cuts.
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How would you use this principle: Operate the intention, not the actor? a move that anticipates a turn reads as authorship, a move that chases it reads as an accident. Learn the action well enough to be very slightly early, every time.
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How would you use this principle: Composition is the management of empty space? where you leave room tells an audience where to expect something. A walking figure with lead room feels ordinary; the same figure pressed against the leading edge feels pursued, and nothing else in the frame has to change.
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How would you use this principle: Match the look, not just the side of the line? coverage cuts together when the height and angle of an eyeline agree, not merely when both singles stay within the same 180 degrees. Two performances photographed hours apart become one conversation only if the looks line up.
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How would you use this principle: The settle is part of the move? audiences forgive a rough start far more readily than a frame that never comes to rest. Decide the final frame first and work backwards to the start position.
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How would you use this principle: The operator is the last human filter before recording? nobody in post can put back what the frame excluded, so a problem seen in the eyepiece has to be said out loud before the take, not after it.
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