An Illustrated Dictionary of Film Terms

By Students' Academy

Film making is an art, but a causal audience can never understand how difficult and skillful this art is. A layman walks into a cinema theater and enjoys the film, but he hardly ever thinks about all those people who are not visible on the screen.

Filming nowadays is a very complex procedure because new effects and techniques are being introduced almost every day.

In this concise dictionary, there are some of the most useful film terms with their illustrations and definitions.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Raja Sharma
• Release date: Mar 8, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311973993

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Introduction

This dictionary is especially for people who are interested in the technical aspects of films and film making. All the entries in this dictionary are followed by pictures and detailed descriptions

Even a layman can very easily understand the technical terms presented in this dictionary.

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Aerial Shot

An aerial shot, as the name suggests, is a camera shot that is taken from the sky. The cameraman may be in an airplane, helicopter, blimp, balloon, etc. A kite with a camera may also be used for such shots. Nowadays, remote control monoplanes or small toy helicopters are also used for aerial shots.

Arc Shot

When an arc shot is