Glossary of Screen Terms
Shot Length
Establishing Shot
Extreme long shot
Long Shot
Mid Shot
Close-Up
Extreme Close-Up

Camera Angles
Birds Eye View
High Angle
Eye Level
Low angle
Dutch Angle
Over the Shoulder

Reading Paths
Salience
Vectors
Compositional Axis
The Centre
Framing
Gaze (Demand)
Gaze (Offer)
Colour
Symbolism
Monochromatic
Lighting

Misc
Social Distance

Acting
Body language
Facial Expressions

Camera Movement
Pan
Dolly Shots
Hand-held Shots
Crane Shots
Zoom Lense
Aerial Shot

Editing
Intellectual Montage
Jump Cuts





Dolly
Insert shot
Neo-noir
Noir
Pan
Push-In
Pull-Out
Smash cut
Spec script
Tracking shot
Truck