Monday 14 November 2011

My list of key terms that i've learned in Media that i will be updating throughout the year. :)

So here goes nothing -

Cinematography related shizz -
Snorricam,
Noddy shot,
Weather shotm
Close up,
Camera angle,
Extreme close up,
Two shot,
Over the shoulder shot,
Shot-reverse-shot,
Framing,
Position,
Handheld,
Soft/hard focus,
Long shot,
Full shot,
Mid shot,
Birds eye view,
Extreme long,
High angle,
Eye level shot,
Camera movement such as tilt, pan, steadicam, zoom in/out, reverse zoom,
Rule of thirds,
Cran (cherry picker),
Oblique angle,
Dutch tilt,
Tracking shot.

Sound stuffs.
Diegetic,
Non-diegetic,
No copyrighted music to be used in films.
That's really all there is to it i think. ;)

Editing yo work.
Transitions,
Cut (rapid/normal),
Fade,
Over lap,
Jump cut,
Action match.

Mise-en-scene and all that jazz.
Set,
Production designm
Dominant (though i'm not sure if that's meant to go here),
Lighting,
Costume,
Prop,
Representation of gender, sexuality and race,
Contrasting foils,
Make up,
Camera proxemics,
Acting in general,
Body movement and language.

Theorists and their theories.
Roland Barthes - Enigma codes,
Claude Levi Strauss - Binary oppositions,
Chomsky - 'manufacturing consent',
Ferdinand De Saussure - semiotics,
Jenny Morris.

And that's all I have so far. Any questions? :)

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