Word Wall Wednesday

Arc: Moving the camera in a curved truck around the main subject in the shot-the main subject never leaves the frame of the picture.

Arc Left: Rolling the camera, tripod, and dolly in a circle to the camera operator's left around the subject of a shot.

Arc Right: Rolling the camera, tripod, and dolly in a circle to the camera operator's right around the subject of a shot.

Bust Shot: A shot that frames a subject from the top of the head to a line just below the chest. Also called a medium close-up.

Close-up (CU): A shot that captures a subject from the top of the head to just below the shoulders. Also called a narrow angle shot.

Depth of Field (DOF): The distance between the closest point to the camera that is in focus and the furthest point from the camera that is also in focus.

Dolly: A three-wheeled cart onto which the feet of a tripod are mounted. A dolly allows smooth camera movements to be performed. Physically moving the camera, its tripod, and dolly perpendicularly toward or away from the set.

Dolly In (DI): Smoothly pushing the camera directly forward toward the set.

Dolly Out: Pulling the camera backward while facing toward the set.

Establishing Shot: A specific type of extreme long shot used to tell the audience where the program takes place.