cinematic techniques
Director's visual tools
Cinematic techniques are the methods filmmakers use to tell stories visually—camera angles, lighting, editing, sound design, color grading, and the like.
A low-angle shot makes a character seem powerful; a jump cut creates disorientation.
The phrase appears most often in film criticism and education: The director's cinematic techniques create an atmosphere of dread.
- montageAssembled sequence of images
- depth of fieldZone of acceptable sharpness
- rotoscopingTracing filmed motion frame-by-frame
- framingStructural or contextual shaping
- flashbacksInvoluntary vivid memory episodes
mise-en-scène · cross-cutting · jump cuts · green screen · camera angles · crane shot · fade-in · chiaroscuro · ambient sound · animatronics · motion capture · voiceover · rule of thirds · slow motion · soundtrack · zoom · dolly zoom · handheld camera
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cinematic techniquesscreenplay
Film's written blueprint
script · story · dialogue · plot · written word
cinematic techniquesraw footage
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