Storyboard – a sequence of drawings, typically with some directions and dialogue, representing the shots planned for a film or a television production

Performance Arts – happen in real time.

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Representational Arts – depend on the established codes and conventions of language (both pictorial and literary) to convey information about the subject to the observer.

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Recording Arts – provide a more direct path between subject and observer: media not without their own codes but qualitatively more direct than the media of the representational arts.

(Source – ‘How To Read A Film’ by James Monaco)

High Angle Shot – a shot where the camera looks down on the subject from a high angle to make the subject seem vulnerable or powerless.

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Low Angle Shot – a shot from a camera angle positioned low on the vertical axis, looking up to make the subject look strong and powerful.

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Eye-Level Shot – a shot where the camera is positioned directly at a character’s eye level to give the viewer a familiar perspective.

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Bird’s-Eye View – a shot looking directly down on the subject to give an establishing shot of a scene.

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Worm’s-Eye View – a shot that is looking up from the ground, to give the viewer the feeling that they are looking up at the character from way below.

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Dutch Tilt – a camera shot with a tilted perspective to make the viewers feel uneasy.