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Photography Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Frame | area of action that is captured by the camera |
| Subject | object, person, or matter being studied in the frame |
| Cropping | Cutting off or concealing unwanted parts of a image within a photograph |
| Lighting | The over all effect produced by the amount or type of light in the photograph |
| Image | likeness of object, person, or scene found and/or arranged in the frame |
| Composition | the way in which the parts of something are arranged to present a visual image |
| Space | area established or set apart by the arrangement of subjects or matter |
| Shot | A single piece of film uninterrupted by cuts |
| Establishing shot | often a long shot or a series of shots that set a scene. It establishes setting and shows transition between locations |
| Long Shot | A shot from a distance (whole Body) |
| Medium Shot | most common; a medium distance from the object being filmed (waist up) |
| Close up | an image that takes up atleast 80% of the frame |
| Extreme close up | the image is part of a whole, such as an eye. |
| Two shot | A scene between 2 people shot exclusively from an angle that includes both characters more or less equally; used in love scenes |
| Eye Level | shot from normal height, the characters eye level(most natural angle) |
| High Angle | shot taken from above the subject, makes the subject look smaller--appearing weak, powerless, trapped |
| Low angle | shot from below the subject |
| High Key | scene is flooded with light, creating a bright and open-looking scene |
| Low Key | scene is flooded with shadows and darkness, creating suspense or suspicion. |
| Bottom or side lighting | Direct lighting from below or the side, making the subject appear dangerous or evil |
| Front or Back lighting | soft lighting on the actors face or from behind-- innocence or goodness, halo affect |