Types of Film Making and Film Techniques Padlet by Visual Communications - Tumwater High School

15. Intertitle

viscom — 2025-10-06 20:01:35 UTC

Text that is printed/typeset and usually placed on a black background between two scenes.

A piece of text edited into a film, typically in a silent film, to convey dialogue, narration, or contextual information to the audience.

Intertitles were essential in the silent era to provide information like character speech, setting descriptions, and plot details that could not be communicated through sound. These text frames, which can be drawn or printed, are inserted between scenes to advance the narrative and enhance the viewer's comprehension of the story.

28. Point of View Shot

emmettstrandbe27 — 2025-10-06 20:24:01 UTC

A shot taken from the perspective of a character. Can be used to accentuate the experience or obscure the identity of a character, or to an aesthetic end, such as imitating a first-person video game.

rylenkinerk29 — 2025-10-06 20:24:11 UTC

11. Establishing shot

Guardians of the Galaxy

18 dark light

kalimbrown29 — 2025-10-06 20:24:21 UTC

its like the lighting in the shot being taken

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The Godfather

spiderman across the spider-verse animaiton

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one-shot

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one-shot also known as long take is the effect of being one shot is created threw editing.

13. Fade In/Fade Out

jasonhaase29 — 2025-10-06 20:27:22 UTC

Fading in or out in a gradual change in visual elements.

Fading in and out is a visual technique used to create smooth transitions by gradually increasing or decreasing brightness.

Star Wars has good examples of fading into new scenes from others.

24. Music

kallyhulsey28 — 2025-10-06 20:27:36 UTC

The Prowler's theme from Into the Spider Verse invokes a feeling of being hunted, becoming more aggressive the closer the Prowler is to catching Miles

This song is also non-diegetic (or extra-diegetic), meaning the viewers can hear it but the characters in-universe can't hear it

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#7 Dissolve

georgiaboerner29 — 2025-10-06 20:28:09 UTC

transition that overlays to the next scene

jonathanbacon29 — 2025-10-06 20:29:01 UTC

6 dialogue a conversation between 2 diffrent characters is called dialogue

asherhanson29 — 2025-10-06 20:30:37 UTC

#8 dolly shot is ware the camera is moving closer to the person like in the Indiana Jones move closer to make it look like you are getting closer to them.

3. colour

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the colour choice is very important to for the setting and mood.

#17. Jump Cut.

foxxplocki29 — 2025-10-06 20:34:15 UTC

A jump cut shows the time moving, almost like time-lapse.

carterhumphrie29 — 2025-10-06 20:35:51 UTC

Cross cutting, cross cutting is an editing technique where actions are established as occuring at the same time. the camera will cut away from one action to another action elsewhere. to suggest these things are occuring at the same time.

2. bridging shot

liamadams29 — 2025-10-06 20:35:52 UTC

A shot that marks the passage of time in a film.

#1 Angles

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Camera angles refer to the tilt of the camera in relation to the scene and characters.

"Unusual camera angles can emphasise an action sequence, disorientate the audience, and suggest a relationship between characters." -Condliffe P. The Ultimate Film Techniques Toolkit Matrix Education

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12: Eyeline match

sofiagustafso29 — 2025-10-06 20:36:55 UTC

A type of cut where the shot of a character looking at something cuts into the shot they were looking at, at the same level. This shows what the character was looking at.

4.cucoloris

jacquelypate29 — 2025-10-06 20:38:07 UTC

Cucoloris is a lighting technique in which an object is placed between the light source and the subject to create a patterned shadow—a staple of film noir.

#20. Match Cut

ethanfrost29 — 2025-10-06 20:44:52 UTC

Jumps from one shot to another similar shot that matches the composition of the first shot.

Iris

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Similar to other editing wipes, this is a type of transition where the screen irises closed around a particular part of the screen. These can be used to signify daydreams, provide a dramatic transition, or signify the end of a scene.

29. Rack Shot

eliassmith26 — 2025-10-06 20:46:20 UTC

A shot where the camera shifts focus while maintaining the same angle, changing the shot's depth.

Panning Shot: When the camera is focused on one character, following them. No.27

juliabarnes29 — 2025-10-06 20:50:53 UTC

In "It Follows", the camera pans on the woman, raising tension, making you feel like you're witnessing her run in real time.

21. Mise en scene

alexandepenrose29 — 2025-10-07 20:27:55 UTC

Mise-en-scène is a French term that means "placing on stage" and refers to everything you see in a single film shot. This includes things like the setting, lighting, props, and costumes. Filmmakers carefully plan all these elements to create a certain feeling or tell a story visually.

Iris

auldeneby29 — 2025-10-07 20:31:33 UTC

22. Montage

aidensharpe29 — 2025-10-07 20:40:02 UTC

A montage is a type of editing sequence where a series of shots play rapidly to create a narrative. Often a montage will be accompanied by a unifying piece of music to convey the dominant mood connected with the sequence

30. Scene

elliotjones27 — 2025-10-08 03:27:42 UTC

A unit of narrative used to divide up a dramatic text or film. A scene usually takes place in a single location and focuses on a single action in one moment of varying length.

Scenes can be comprised of one continious shot, or multiple smaller shots. They are very important for the pacing and structure of a movie or tv show, as a piece of media is made up entirely of scenes.

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