Movie making glossary

3. a scene or sequence (sometime an entire film), that is inserted into a scene in "present" time and that deals with the past.
5. A set of wheels and a platform upon which the camera can be mounted to give it mobility.
7. The narrator's voice when the narrator is not seen.
8. A shot taken from a crane, plane, or helicopter. Not necessarily a moving shot.
9. Editing refers literally to how shots are put together to make up a film.

1. A series of drawings and captions (sometimes resembling a comic strip) that shows the planned shot divisions and camera movements of the film.
2. The main source of light is behind the subject, silhouetting it, and directed toward the camera.
3. A tracking shot which follows the subject as it moves.
4. The splicing of 2 shots together. It is made by the film editor at the editing stage of a film.
6. a shot using a lens whose focal length is adjusted during the shot, it normally ends in a close-up