| A | B |
| Medium Close Up | shot that shows a person's head and shoulders |
| Zoom in | If you want to get closer to a subject |
| Long Shot | A shot that shows a person from head to toe |
| Establishing Shot | Extreme Long shot that establishes the scene |
| Pan | If I tell you to "give me more nose room", you do this |
| Tilt | To move the camera up and down |
| Dolly | When you move the whole camera in and out |
| Truck | Move the whole camera (including tripod) left or right |
| Tripod | the three legged mount you put the camera on |
| V Drive | Where I told you to save your editing projects |
| Rack Focus | starting with a subject out of focus and then slowly bringing the subject in focus |
| Lead space | keeping the camera ahead of a moving subject so they don't move out of your frame |