Single Camera Techniques – each shot and angle is all captured on the same camera. But each shot has to be filmed in order to correspond with other shots so these are arranged during editing. In film production a single camera setup is very common unlike television which is usually multiple cameras.
Panning – this is where the camera rotates in a horizontal plane of a still camera or video camera. Resulting in a motion similar to that of someone shaking their head.
Misc-en-Scene – the word itself means “put in the scene”. Its everything within the scene, like the arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a movie is set.
Extreme Close-up – a film or television shot in which the subject is tightly framed and shown at a relatively large, intimate, scale.
Medium Shot – a medium shot is a camera angle shot from a medium distance, from the subject.
Long Shot – subjects or characters are at some distance from the camera.
Establishing Shot – a panoramic view of an exterior location photographed from a considerable distance.
Parallel Editing – editing that alternates shots of two or more lines of action occuring in different places usuallt simultaniously. the two actions are therefore linked.
Reverse Shot – a shot from the opposite side of the subject. in a dialogue scene, a shot of the second participant.
Linear and non-linear Editing – a story line that runs start to end in chronological order is called Linear. Whereas non-linear can be made in anyway possible including random orders, flashbacks or flash-forwards. This type of narrative structure can be very effective when making a film, as you may want to reveal the end of the story before you begin to tell the start.
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