Film Terminology

2. A kind of fade in which one image is slowly replaced by another.
3. Can be to or from black or white.
5. A stationary camera where the lens moves to make an object seem to move closer to or further away from the camera.
7. The image being shot is a part of a whole, such as a hand or an eye.
8. The scene is flooded with shadows and darkness, creating suspense or suspicion.
10. The image being shot takes up at least 80 percent of the frame.
12. The scene is flooded with light, creating a bright and open-looking scene.
13. A series of drawings that a director creates before the movie is filmed to help the director to visualize what will appear later on screen.
14. A single piece of film uninterrupted by cuts.
15. The camera films subject from below.
16. Cut or dissolve to action that happened in the past.

1. The camera is above the subject.
4. A shot from a distance.
6. Direct lighting from below, which often makes the subject appear dangerous or evil.
9. A shot taken from a a normal height; that is the character's eye level.
11. Soft lighting on the actor's face giving the appearance of innocence or goodness, or a halo effect.