Cut away – (Can be used to get inside a characters head) Cut away from the scene then back to it.

Cross cut – (Flashback) Cutting between two locations at the same time.

Jump cut – Jumping fowards in time (at the same location).

Match cut – Cutting between two shots similar in sound or composition.

Smash cut – An abrupt transition between quiet to loud/violent to calm.

Flashback – A cut to the past.

Cutting on action – a cut before an action.

Invisible cut – A cut that is hidden in dark spaces.

L-Cut – The sound of the second shot begins.

J-Cut – Sound of second shot, begins in the first scene.

Match dissolve – When matching and dissolving are going on (age changing).

Angles:

– Eye level

– Low angle

– High angle

– Top angle

– Dutch angle/tilted shot, Spychological tensions

– OTS (over the shoulder)

Shot Size:

– Close up, – draws attention

– Extreme Close up,- draws attention

– Long shot,- sense of location; shows entire action

– Extreme Long shot,- sense of location; shows entire action.

– Medium

– Single shot / 2 shot / 3 shot

– View shot

Motion / Movements:

– Pan & Tilt ( moving to the sides )

– Tracking shot, Crane

– Random Motion

– 360 degree shot

Other:

– Establishing shot – first show of the new scene

– Point of view shot

– Handheld – adds realism