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Needle drop- Needle drop (movie scoring), the use of an existing recording rather than an original score in a film.-Wikipedia

The 'Where Is My Mind' Ending Scene in Fight Club (1999) - YouTube

Examples of sounds made by a Foley artist- Everyday sounds like footsteps, doors opening and closing, wind blowing, glass breaking, and other ambient noise. Those sound effects get added to the edit in post-production to enhance the auditory experience of a film or television

Spotlight on: Foley artists | Industry Trends | IBC

Leitmotif- A leitmotif is a recurring theme in music. The term derives from the German word, meaning “leading motif. “It can also be used to describe a recurring idea, symbol, or phrase that has an important role in the story you’re telling. Leitmotifs are one of many tools authors and filmmakers use to help readers understand their films or novels by creating connections between different parts. The presence of such patterns throughout the work provides additional depth for an audience. A good example is in the film Gladiator (Ridley Scott 2000)

Wheat as Resurrection- Gladiator - Symbolic Language in Epic Films

Voice over/Narrations– A voiceover is the non-diegetic use of a character or omnipresent narrator talking over the visuals of a film or television show. A good example of this is in Fight club (David Fincher 1999)

The First Rule of Making 'Fight Club': Talk About 'Fight Club' - The Ringer

shot distance

Close up-

A close-up shot is a type of camera shot size in film and television that adds emotion to a scene. It tightly frames an actor’s face, making their reaction the main focus in the frame

The Jonathan Demme Close-Up on Vimeo

Long Shot –

 a view of a scene that is shot from a considerable distance, so that people appear as indistinct shapes

7 Standard Filmmaking Shots Every Cinematographer Must Know

Extreme close up-

A more intense version of the close-up, usually showing only the subject’s eyes or another part of their face. Insert shot: a close-up that focuses on a specific object, prop, or detail, signalling to the audience that it’s important

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Medium long shot-

somewhere between a close-up and a wide shot, showing the subject from the waist up while revealing some of the surrounding environment. Medium long shot: somewhere between a medium shot and a full shot, showing the subject from the knees up. Also called a ¾ shot.

Medium Long Shot: Everything You Need to Know - NFI

Shot movment

Pan-

In cinematography, a pan shot is a horizontal camera movement where the camera pivots left or right while its base remains in a fixed location

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se7en(1999 David Fincher)

Zoom-

In photographic terms, to “zoom in” means to make your subject larger in the frame, without actually moving forward yourself (instead, zooming on your lens They allow you to change focal lengths without actually using a different lens entirely.

Watch: The Subtle Differences Between a Zoom and a Dolly Shot
Jaws (1975 Steven Spielberg)

Track(Steadicam)

What is a camera tracking shot? A tracking shot is one in which the camera moves alongside what it’s recording. Tracking shots are sometimes called dolly shots, but they can be differentiated by the direction they take. Tracking shots will generally follow along the horizontal axis as the subject moves.

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Dunkirk( 2017 Christopher Nolan)

Sound

Sound editor: The sound editor is the creative genius behind a video production’s selected sound. The final sound assortments play an artful role in calibrating the sound to the visual production. Depending on the scope of the production, some sounds are real-life captured on location. -90seconds.com

Sound mixer: The senior-most sound position during pre-production and production. They serve as a sound recordist during filming, and are responsible for recording and balancing the audio effects on set.-Masterclass.com

match cutting

Match on action- Cutting on action or matching on action refers to film editing and video editing techniques where the editor cuts from one shot to another view that matches the first shot’s action. A common example is a man walking up to a door and reaching for the knob. -Wikipedia

Graphic match- Graphic match cuts: Also called a “visual match cut,” a graphic match cut links two different scenes together through the use of aesthetically similar elements like shapes, colours, or patterns –Masterclass.com

Eyeline match- Eyeline match is a film editing technique to indicate to the audience what a character is seeing. … In the next shot, you’ll see exactly what the character sees, from the same angle they appear to see it. Eyeline match also refers to an editing technique that ensures continuity of the characters’ gazes. –Masterclass.com

J and L cut

J cut: A J cut is a variant of a split edit film editing technique in which the audio from a following scene overlaps the picture from the preceding scene, so that the audio portion of the later scene starts playing before its picture as a lead-in to the visual cut. Also called an audio lead or audio advance.-Wikipedia

L cut: An L cut is a variant of a split edit film editing technique in which the audio from preceding scene overlaps the picture from the following scene, so that the audio cuts after the picture, and continues playing over the beginning of the next scene.-Wikipedia