Vocab. No. 2

1}Contrast-The ratio of dark to light in an image.
2}Deep Focus-Deep focus is a photographic and cinematographic technique using a large depth of field. Depth of field is the front-to-back range of focus in an image — that is, how much of it appears sharp and clear. 
3}Shallow Focus-Shallow focus is a photographic and cinematographic technique incorporating a small depth of field. In shallow focus one plane of the image is in focus while the rest is out of focus.
4}Depth of Field-the distance between the nearest and the furthest objects that give an image judged to be in focus in a camera.
5}Racking Focus-A rack focus in filmmaking and television production is the practice of changing the focus of the lens during a shot. It can refer to small or large changes of focus.
6}Telephoto Shot-a lens with a longer focal length than standard, giving a narrow field of view and a magnified image.
7}Zoom Shot- uses a lens with several elements that allows the filmmaker to change the focal length of the lens while the shot is in progress.
8}Canted Framing-The action appears tilted or at an angle.
9}Following Shot-a shot with framing that shifts to keep a moving figure onscreen.
10}Reframe-Short panning or tilting movements to adjust for the figures' movements, keeping them onscreen or centered.
11}Point-of - view shot-a shot taken with the camera placed approximately where the character's eyes would be, showing what the character would see.
12}Extreme long shot-a framing in which the scale of the object shown is very small; a building, landscape, or crowd of people will fill the screen.
13}Long Shot-a framing in which the scale of the object shown is small; a standing human figure would appear nearly the height of the screen.
14}Medium Long Shot-framing such than an object four or five feet high would fill most of the screen vertically.
15}Medium Close Up-a framing in which the scale of the object shown is fairly large; a human figure seen from the chest up would fill most of the screen.
16}Close Up-a framing in which the scale of the object shown is relatively large.
17}Extreme Close-up-a framing in which the scale of the object shown is very large.
18}Crane Shot-a shot with a change in framing rendered by having the camera above the ground and moving through the air in any direction.
19}Pan-a camera movement with the camera body turning to the right or left.
20}Tilt-a camera movement with the camera body swiveling upward or downward on a stationary support.