DAREFEST STORYBOARD TERMINOLOGY

CAMERA ANGLE / MOVEMENT

TERM Defnition
Wide Shot / Estabishin!
Shot
Where setting is shown (lots of space)
Mid Shot Shows top half of people but not close up
T"o Shot Shows 2 people (usually as a MID SHOT)
Cose #$ %and/o&
Rea'tion Shot(
Shows detail up close (eg head ! shoulders)
O)e&*the*sho+de&*shot "sually see one person confronting another
Lo" An!e #a$era loo%s up fro$ below
,i!h An!e / Ae&ia Shot #a$era loo%s down fro$ abo&e
-oint o. Vie" Shot The ca$era shows what a character sees
Tit / Canted / Obi/+e 'ra$e is tilted to disorientate
0oo1 "se of (oo$ lens to focus closely or $o&e away without $o&ing
ca$era
C&ane Shot When ca$era is lifted away and upwards) indicates end of
show*scene
T&a'2 / T&a'2in! / -annin! #a$era follows so$ething $o&ing and*or shows setting
EDITING + $o&ing fro$ one fra$e to another
TERM Defnition
Fast C+t for fast pace , is a cut e&ery -,. seconds
Contin+it3 / In)isibe ai$s to create a sense of reality and ti$e $o&ing forward) &ery
subtle
Mi4 C+t $eans an o&erlap of scenes
Fade C+t suggests passing of ti$e
Disso)e C+t suggests /ashbac%) drea$ se0uence
Fade to Ba'2 C+t suggests end
Wi$e C+t 1ulls*pushes scenes li%e a windscreen wiper) popular in 23-4s 5l$s
S$it s'&een C+t / C&oss
C+ttin!
used to show 2 scenes at sa$e ti$e (2 people on the phone)
5+1$ C+t is when a shot follows a &ery di6erent one (long to close up) which
shoc%s &iewer) the i$age 78u$ps9 out at the$
F&ee6e F&a1e the e6ect of see$ingly stopping a 5l$ in order to focus in on one
e&ent or ele$ent
E3e Line Mat'h cuts fro$ one character to what that character has been loo%ing at
Fashba'2 a scene or $o$ent in a 5l$ in which the audience is shown an e&ent
that happened earlier in the 5l$9s narrati&e
G&a$hi' Mat'h two di6erent ob8ects of the sa$e shape are dissol&ed fro$ one into
the other
Monta!e the 8u:taposition of see$ingly unconnected i$ages in order to create
$eaning
Vis+a E7e'ts &isual e6ects are usually used to alter pre&iously,5l$ed ele$ents by
adding) re$o&ing or enhancing ob8ects within the scene
LIG,TING
TERM Defnition
Ba'2!&o+nd lights bac%ground of set
Ca1eo Spot light) especially on the face
Fi gi&es slight light to dar%er areas (reduces contrast)
,i!h where it is so bright there are no shadows
Lo" o6ers a silhouette around ob8ects (5ne line of light around the$)
SO#ND
TERM Defnition
Die!eti'
so+nd
any sound in the scene whose source is 8usti5ed by so$ething the scene)
whether actually seen or not (ie) a phone ringing) a siren in the distance)
footsteps) a sla$$ing door) an airplane going o&erhead) a band playing) etc)
Non*Die!eti' any sound superi$posed on the scene (ie) score $usic) &oice,o&er narration)
etc)
So+nd
E7e'ts
sounds that are added to a 5l$ during the post,production stage