Language of Film
Across
- 7. Everything heard in a film.
- 8. Audio carries across a cut.
- 11. Clothes worn by characters.
- 12. Objects used on set.
- 13. Communicative movements of the face.
- 16. High-key, low-key, backlighting.
- 18. Cosmetics used on performers.
- 19. Meaning conveyed by posture and gesture.
- 20. Where the action takes place.
- 21. Cut linking visual similarity.
- 23. Motion within the frame.
- 24. Shot selection and arrangement.
- 25. Alternating between locations.
- 27. Heard by the characters.
- 28. Compressed time sequence.
- 29. Speed of cutting.
- 30. Tracking, pan, handheld, zoom.
- 31. Pattern of edits over time.
Down
- 1. How characters respond to each other.
- 2. Deep, shallow, rack etc.
- 3. The arranged visual design of a shot.
- 4. Close-up, medium, long etc.
- 5. Eyeline match, 180° rule etc.
- 6. Camera and lighting choices.
- 9. Planned actor positions on set.
- 10. High, low, eye-level etc.
- 12. The actor's creation of a role.
- 14. The deliberate absence of sound.
- 15. Abrupt discontinuity cut.
- 17. How a line is spoken.
- 22. Not heard by the characters.
- 26. Warm/cool tones, saturation.