This document provides definitions and explanations of various media terminology related to camera movements, camera shots, soundtrack elements, editing techniques, and mise-en-scene elements. It describes different types of camera movements like tracking shots, tilt shots, and zoom shots. It also defines common camera shots like long shots, mid shots, and two shots. It explains elements of a soundtrack like dialogue, music, and sound effects. Additionally, it covers editing terminology such as fast and slow pacing, cross cutting, and jump cuts. Finally, it discusses aspects of mise-en-scene like lighting styles and how sets or locations can impact tone.

1. Media Terminology
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2. Camera Movement
• Tracking Shot - Signifies the action is over. When it goes towards the target
it draws the adience into the action.
• Side way track or crab shot - Often used to follow a characte or object to
keep up with the action.
• Tilt Shot - Creates a sense of height o power
• Zoom - An alternative to the tracking shot. The equipment is not needed.
• Arc Shot - Enables the audience to see the facial expression of the
character
• Crane Shot / Jib Shot - Enables the viewer to see the action in a vertical
direction.
• Panning Shot - Th camera is fixed bot movies around. Often used when the
character is searching the room or to introduce a new setting.

3. Camera Shots
• Extreme long shot / Establishing Shot - Usually an exterior shot to establish
location and time.
• Long shot - Shows the character from head to toe. Establises them in the
environment.
• Mid shot - makes the audience feel familiar with the character.
• Two shot - Two characters in one shot. It's often used to express their
relationship.
• Pan - Camera action involving moving the camera across the subject.
• Tilt - A camera movement that involves moving the camera up or down in a
vertical position.
• Shallow focus - Only the object near is in focus and the rest is out of focus.
Often used to make one thing seem more important

4. Soundtrack
• Dialogue - Establishes the character, relationships, conflict and action.
• Music - Maybe used to emphasises suspense or reflect excitement of
the action; may reach a climax (not crescendo) to signal he climax of a
scene.
• Background sounds and sound effects - Used to emphasise action or
violence; may suggest events on screen.
• Diagetic - Diagetic sounds are those from within the fictional world.
(Can be heard by the characters).
• Non-diagetic - Non-diagetic sounds are from outside the fictional
world. (Cannot be heard by the characters).

5. Editing terminology
• Fast paced editing - Suggests excitement, action, confrontation, etc.
• Slow paced editing - May be caused by complicated camera work,
such as long tracking shots, which follow the action without cutting.
• Change of editing pace - Usually signals an important change such as
the important change such as the start of an action.
• Cross cutting - Often adds to the excitement or suspense in a film.
• Jump cuts - Rarely used, a cut that causes the object the object to
appear to jump within the frame

6. Mise-en-scene
• Low key lighting - Dark shadows and lots of contrast may suggest
danger, suspense, horror
• Unusual lighing effects, such as flashing lights and blue lights - Often
used to suggest danger, especially in sci-fi films.
• Naturalistic lighting or high key lighting - Less easy to sport but
naturalistic lightubg nay be used to make events more 'real', which
can add a sense of suspense or sympathy.
• Set or location - These are important to the tone of action/adventure
films - they may create spectacle or a sense of being trapped in a
confined space or freedom in an open space.