Film Techniques

A high-angle shot is a cinematography technique where the camera points down on the subject from above.

a shot from a camera angle positioned low on the vertical axis, anywhere below the eye line, looking up.

a usually long shot in film or video used at the beginning of a sequence to establish an overview of the scene that follows.

A shot taken with the camera at a distance from the subject. Includes a full-length human figure and some of the surrounding landscape.

the arrangement of the scenery, props, etc. on the stage of a theatrical production or on the set of a film.

The camera angle marks the specific location at which the movie camera or video camera is placed to take a shot.

the way that light and shadow are manipulated in an image

Montage is a technique of film editing that combines a series of short shots or clips into one sequence, often set to music.

a type of camera shot that shows the subject from the waist up

a photograph or film image taken at close range and showing the subject on a large scale