Topic:  Shots & Coverage

Numeric
180° angle shot 180° line 180° rule
1S 2S 2T
30° rule 360° pan 3S
A
accelerated motion action still aerial cinematography
aerial photography aerial shot American shot
angle angle of view
{Cinematography}		 angle on
arc (shot) arret asymmetrical balance
axis of action
B
B.G. backdrop
{Image}		 background (plane)
backward zoom backwind balance
{Visual Aesthetics}
BCU beauty shot
{Commercial}		 beauty shot
{Soap Opera}
BG
{Picture}		 big close-up big head close-up
bird′s eye shot bird′s eye view blur pan
bokeh bookends boom shot
bracketing
{Technique}		 bridging shot bust shot
C
camera angle camera coverage camera movement
camera rehearsal canted angle canted frame
change in perspective "cheat" cheating
Claymation close on close shot
close-up composition
{Image}		 compound move
contra-zoom counter move cover
cover a subject cover shot coverage
{Shots}
cowboy shot crabbing (shot) crane shot
crossing the line crowd shot CS
CU cutaway (shot) cut-in (shot)
D
D.O.F. day-for-night (shot) decelerated motion
deeper (in the frame) deep-focus (shot) deep-focus photography
depth of field depth of focus depth staging
detail shot diagonal (shot) differential focus
dimensional mergers dirty over the shoulder (shot) discovery shot
distance shot distortion
{Lens}		 DOF
dolly back shot dolly in shot dolly out shot
dolly shot dolly up shot dolly zoom
dollying along with shot double exposure double-frame
Dutch angle Dutch tilt Dutching
dynamic composition dynamic frame
E
ECU ELS endoscopic television
established establishing shot extreme close-up
extreme long shot eye-level (shot) eyeline shot
F
F.G. fake Shemp false move
fast mo(tion) "FAVOR ON"
{Script}		 FG
fifty-fifty first-person (point-of-view) shot flash pan
flat
{Picture}		 flick pan focus in
focus out focus pull focus-through
follow focus follow(ing) shot forced perspective
foreground (plane)
{Area}		 forward zoom frame-by-frame
framed shot framing framing device
FS full shot
G
glass shot gobo
{Mask}		 golden hour
go-motion (animation)
H
H/A handheld handheld shot
handoff head-on shot headroom
{Picture}
high(-angle) shot Hitchcock zoom Hollywood reverse
I
insert (shot) insert(s)
{Picture}		 intravision
J
jib shot juxtapose
K
keystoning
L
L/A lateral move line of action
lining up locked-down shot long shot
loose framing low(-angle) shot LS
M
M.G. magic hour mask shot
master
{Angle}		 master shot matte shot
MCU medium close-up medium long shot
medium shot MG mid shot
middleground (plane) midground (plane) Milo camera
miniature(s) miniature shot mirror shot
MLS money shot monochromatic
motion capture motion control moving away shot
moving forward shot MS
{Shot}
N
neutral shot night-for-night (shot) noddies
nose room
O
objective camera objective point-of-view oblique angle
on twos on-camera one-shot
optical effects optical(s) OS
OTS out-of-focus overcrank(ing)
overhead shot over-the-shoulder (shot)
P
pan
{Shot}		 panning (shot) panorama
panoramic shot payoff shot performance capture
picture planes plate point-of-view (shot)
POV
{Shot}		 process (screen) photography process shot
pull back shot pull(ing) focus pull-out shot
push-in shot push-out shot
R
R/A
{Shot}		 rack focus(ing) racking
raking shot reaction shot read
{Picture}
re-establishing shot reframing retracking (shot)
reveal (shot) reverse angle shot reverse shot
ride (the) focus rotation roundy-round
{Shot}
rule of thirds running shot
S
S/O Scene axis Scheimpflug rule
selective focus sequence
{Shots}		 sequence shot
shallow focus Shemp shift focus
shooting distance shot
{Camera}		 shot
{Scale}
shot/reverse/shot shot angle shot composition
shot selection single single shot
single-frame cinematography single-frame exposure single-framing
skip frames "slow in/slow out" slow mo(tion)
snap zoom soft focus split focus
stage line static composition static shot
stay with the money SteadiCam (shot) stop-action photography
stop-frame motion stop-motion (animation) stop-motion (photography)
straight-on studio crane subjective camera
subjective point-of-view subjective shot swish pan
switchback
T
tabletop talking head(s) three hundred sixty-degree pan
three-shot throw focus tight framing
tight shot tighten up tilt
tilt down tilt pan tilt shot
tilt up time-lapse (photography) time-lapse photography
time-motion study track-back shot tracking back shot
tracking in shot tracking shot tracking within shot
transfer
{Attention}		 traveling shot trick film (shot)
trick photography trick shot truck-in
trucking shot truck-out two-shot
two-T
U
undercrank(ing) undershot
V
vanishing point verticle pan vertigo effect
very long shot viewpoint vignetting
VLS
W
whip pan wide shot wide-angle shot
widen-out (shot) wild
{Picture}		 WS
X
XCU XLS
Y
yo-yo shot
Z
zip pan zone focusing zoom
zoom back zoom shot zoom-in
zooming zoom-out

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