Terminology Definitions

Master Shot:  it is often a long shot and is filmed from an angle that keeps all the characters in view.

Canted Angle: is where the camera is titled to one side it is often used to show psychological uneasiness.

Steadicam:  is a way of mounting a camera that keeps it steady for filming moving.

Shallow Focus: is where one part of the image is focus and the rest isn't, it draws attention to one specific part of the image.

Continuity Systems: is the process of smoothing the different clips out to make them run smoother.

Eyeline Match:  the audience will want to see what the character on screen is seeing. This is done by the character looking at something off screen followed by a cut to the object they are looking at.

Graphic Match: it is a cut in film editing between two different spaces or compositions where an object in the two shots graphically match, this links the two shots.

Parallel Editing: is where you go between two scenes that are happening simultaneously but in different locations.

Superimposition: It is where you place one image over another.

Diegetic Sound: this is where the sound is visible on screen - so the source is implied by the action on screen

Non Diegetic Sound:  this is where the source of the sound is not implied by the action on screen.