Films

Week

Date

Files

Notes

buff = an aficionado maker

critic premiere
festival review

goer star

Vocabulary
movies 22. apperance/ cameo
2. cinema 23. director
3. genres 24. producer
4. westerns
25. screenwriter/scpritwriter
5. action
26.script
6. amimations 27.soundtrack/score
7. horror 28.reviews
8. romantic
29.plot
9.epics 30. cinematography/ camera work

Films 1
 10. adaptations 31. costumes
11. thrillers 32. trailer / teaser
12. musicals 33. special efectes
13. science films 34. computer generated
14. classics
15.character
16. lead /leading
17. secondary/supporting
18. awards
19. extras
20. credits
21. cast

Adjectives
gripping: firmly holding the attention or interest; exciting: a gripping TV thriller.

risqué: slightly indecent and liable to shock, especially

by being sexually suggestive: his risqué humour.

understated ≠ exaggerated
far-fetched ≠ credible / believable
hackneyed or clichéd: done so often is boring: (of a phrase or idea) having been overused;
unoriginal and trite: hackneyed old sayings.
impenetrable: impossible to understand
overrated ≠ underrated
memorable: remember for a long time

harrowing: harrowing pictures of starving children | a

harrowing experience: DISTRESSING, traumatic, upsetting, heartbreaking, heart-rending,
moving
disjointed ≠ coherent / smooth-flowing: lacking a coherent sequence or connection: piecing
together disjointed fragments of information.

Shots

Films 2
 establishing shot: contains a large amount of landscapes. It is often used at the beginning of a
scene or a film to establish general location (setting).

full shot: contains a complete view of the characters. From this shot, viewers can take in the
costumes of characters and may also help to demostrate the relationships between
characters.

master shot: is normally the first shot of scene and gives the filmmaker their basic shot
allowing them to cut to other shots and back to this shot. For example in a conversation
between two people, you will first see a shot of the two people before cutting to a shot-
reverse shot.

point-of-view shot: will assume he character’s position and reveal what they are looking at.

close-up: contains just one character's face. This enables viewers to understand the actor's
emotions and also allows them to feel empathy for the character.

shot-reverse shot: is commonly used when two people are talking. It shows one of the
characters from over the shoulder of the other character and then cut to the reverse
perspective to show the other person talking.

extreme close-up: contains one part of a character's face or

other object. This technique is quite common in horror films. This type of shot creates an
intense mood and provides interaction between the character and the viewer.

mid-shot: contains the characters or a character from the waist up. From this shot, viewers
can see the characters' faces more clearly as well as their interaction with other characters.

Angles/Camera Movements
Bird's eye angle: beginning of a scene of a film - to establish the scene

High angle: show the vulnerability of a character

Eye-level angle: equality between the character and the audience

Low angle: show the power of a character

Films 3
 Dutch angle: show confusion of a charcater
A crane shot: to capture emotional or suspenseful scenes, or as a way to zoom out from the
set or characters to signify the end of a film. (beginning or end of the film)
A dolly shot / tracking shot: o follow a character in action
Panning: it moves from a side to another to show the panoramic view

A tilt shot: shifts the audience's attention from one area to another, vertically extending the
range of the visual scope of the shot.

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