Technical Research

Filming Techniques

Aerial shot: This shot is taken from a birds eye view of the situation. It helps the viewer to have a overview on the screen. for example it could be a person in a helicopter or a person on top of a building. It is not necessarily a moving shot.
Camera angle: The angle at which the camera is pointed at the subject. (e.g Low, High, Tilt.)
Cut: The intertwining of two shots together. This cut is made by the film editor at the editing stage of a film. Between sequences the cut marks a rapid transition between one time and space and another, but depending on the nature of the cut it will have different meanings.
Cross-cutting: Cutting between different sets of action that can be occurring simultaneously or at different times, Cross-cutting is used to build suspense, or to show the relationship between the different sets of action.
Flashback: A scene or sequence, that is inserted into a scene in present time and that deals with the past. The flashback is the past tense of the film.
Flashforward: On the model of the flashback, scenes or shots of future time; the future tense of the film.
Key light: The main light on a subject. the key light provides all or most of the light in the scene.
Pan:  (panorama) Movement of the camera from left to right or right to left around the axis that runs through the camera.
Point of view shot: A shot which shows the scene from the specific point of view of one of the characters.
Pull back shot: A tracking shot or zoom that moves back from the subject to reveal the context of the scene.
Reverse angle: A shot from the opposite side of a subject. In a dialogue scene, a shot of the second participant.
Scene: A complete unit of film narration. A series of shots (or a single shot) that takes place in a single location and that deals with a single action. Sometimes used interchangeably with sequence.
Tracking Shots: Camera shots that follow our actor throughout the action scene. They can be either edited together or done in one take.
Slow Motion: A film technique as old as the genre itself. It is used to either showcase a really cool action setpiece or stunt or increase the drama of a particular scene.
Shaky Cam:  This is used to create tension by bringing the audience into the action by use of erratic movements.
Types of shots-

extreme close-up

close-up

medium close-up

medium shot

medium long shot

long shot

extreme long shot or distance shot