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| 180-Degree Rule | When you're filming two subjects (or more), there is an axis of action that appears between the two subjects. The filmmaker must chose one side of this line to stay on in order to maintain screen direction. The goal of this is to prevent any confusion for viewers. |
| Screen Direction | A term used to describe if a subject on screen is looking from right to left OR left to right. |
| Axis of Action | This is a line that runs between two characters (even in group shots) and establishes where the camera cannot pass. |
| Jumping the Line | This is what we say when the camera shifts across the axis of action and alters the screen direction. |
| The Shot | This is the shortest unit of a sscene; a continuous run of images that are unbroken by any edit. |
| Camera Take | One recording of a shot that is captured. This is often repeated so actors can redo the same scene over and over until the director considers it locked. |
| Sequence | This is a longer unit of shots edited together into a series that tell a short story. |
| Shot, Reverse Shot | When filming a scene between two actors/characters it is important to film each person in his or her own single shot. The filmmaker can then cut back and forth between these two shots, back and forth. |
| Over-the-Shoulder Shot | This is a shot that places the camera behind one of the people in the scene. Typically this immerses viewers in a scene/conversation. |
| Cutaway | A shot of a detail within your scene other than the character's face. This adds to a viewer's understanding of a scene. |
| Neutral Angle | A filmmaker may shift a subject's screen direction in a sequence if they show this type of angle to reset and re-establish the screen direction. This may be having a subject move straight toward the camera or straight away. |
| Jump Cut | When filming a scene, filmmakers can confuse viewers if the camera angle does not change but the focal length does change slightly. This is referred to as a ___________ cut because the subject in the frame shifts but very little else does. |
| 20mm/30-Degree Rule | When filming a scene, filmmakers can prevent a jump cut effect, disorienting the viewer, so long as they adjust the focal length by more than 20mm and/or 30-Degrees left to right. |
| Juxtaposition | This is when two shots are compared directly next to one-another. The two added together create a deeper meaning than they do on their own. |
| Cutting on Action | When editing, this is a term used to describe an edit point that is successfully hidden in a move on screen. |
| Continuity | This is a general term that means that action appears to be continuous from shot-to-shot. |
| Script Supervisor | This is the person on set who is in charge of continuity. This means the person insures that lines of dialog are said in the same way, props are picked up and set down in the same way, etc. |
