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Across
  1. 2. secondary, supplemental video footage used to add visual interest, provide context, cover jump cuts, and enhance storytelling by illustrating what's being discussed in the main footage
  2. 4. a filmmaking technique where the editor temporarily interrupts the main action of a scene with a shot of something else—like an object, a different location, or a character's reaction—before cutting back, adding context, easing pacing, covering continuity errors, or building emphasis
  3. 8. a cutaway to a character's face or body, showing their emotional response to something happening off-screen or to another character's words/actions
  4. 9. a camera framing that shows a subject from the waist up, balancing detail and context by capturing both facial expressions and some of the environment
  5. 11. frames a subject from the chest or shoulders up to the top of their head, striking a balance between showing emotion and context
  6. 12. when the camera is positioned below the subject, looking up at them, making them appear taller, stronger, more powerful, or dominant
  7. 15. a wide, long shot, often at the start of a scene, that shows the audience the overall environment, location, time, and sometimes mood
Down
  1. 1. frames a subject, often a person's face, from the shoulders up or even closer, filling the screen to emphasize emotions, details, or importance, creating intimacy and drawing the audience into the character's feelings
  2. 3. the main source of light in a photograph or film
  3. 5. shows a character from head to toe within their environment, capturing significant background detail to establish setting, scale, mood, and a character's relationship to their surroundings
  4. 6. a camera movement where the camera pivots horizontally (left or right) from a fixed position
  5. 7. a camera technique where the camera films from the opposite side (roughly 180 degrees) of the previous shot
  6. 10. an abrupt transition from one scene to another
  7. 13. a camera movement where the camera pivots vertically (up or down) on a fixed horizontal axis
  8. 14. a camera technique that changes the focal length of a lens during a shot, making a subject appear closer (zoom in) or farther (zoom out) without physically moving the camera, altering the image's scale while keeping perspective constant