Key Terms

180-Degree Rule

Arc

B-Roll

Backlight

Close-Up (CU)

Coverage

Cross-Shot

Dolly

Establishing Shot

Falloff

Fill Light

Flag

Framing

Fresnel

Handheld Shot

Hard Light

Headroom

High-Angle Shot

Key Light

Lead Room

Low-Angle Shot

Master Shot

Medium Shot (MS)

Monopod

Natural Sound

Pan

Pedestal

Point of View

Primary Motion

Reflector

Scene

Scrim

Secondary Motion

Sequence

Shot/Shot List

Softbox

Soft Light

Sound Bite (SOT, or Sound on Tape)

Spill Light

Stand-Up

Take

Tertiary Motion

Three-Point Lighting

Tilt

Tripod

Truck

Two-Shot

Viewfinder

Voiceover (VO)

Wide Shot (WS)

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