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Basic Camera Directions; Script Lingo
Topic Started: Sep 26 2009, 11:24 PM (664 Views)
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Angle on: This shot that suggests another view of the previous shot.

Close-up: A close-up is a shot that emphasizes a detail in a scene. It is often abbreviated to CU.

Continuation: When a scene or a speech is interrupted by a page break, type MORE in parentheses at the end of the last line on the first page and then type CONT'D after the character's name on the next page.

Dissolve to: This direction is used when you want to suggest a slow transition from one scene to the next. You may dissolve to suggest the passage of time between one shot and another or to suggest one image fading into the next.

Fade In: Every screenplay begins with these words. They suggest the movement from darkness to an image on the screen. They're typed in all caps at the left-hand margin followed by a double space and the first slug line.

Fade Out: These words end a screenplay. They're typed to the right-hand margin and followed by six spaces and the words THE END in the center of the page.

Insert: A writer uses this direction when he wants to highlight an object in the scene or include a detail that's outside the scene but important to it. To complete an insert, do one of three things: Return to the dialogue, switch locations with a new slug line, or type BACK TO SCENE at the end.

Intercut: This direction indicates that two scenes are occurring simultaneously in seperate locations. This term appears in all caps as the slug line or in the description.

Montage: A montage is the dissolving of two or more shots into each other to create a desired effect, usually an association of ideas. These shots need not include the main character, and they don't have a beginning, middle, and end.

Off-screen: Shorthand is O.S., this abbreviation is used when a character speaks outside the camera's view, or when the audience hears a sound but can't see where it's coming from.

POV: Shorthand for point of view, this direction implies that the scene is being viewed from another character's perspective. You must identify whose point of view it is and what exactly he sees. If the POV alternates within a scene, employ the term REVERSE POV.

Series of Shots: This technique abridges action sequences into a number of short moments involving the main character, usually without dialogue. A series of shots has a distinct beginning, middle, and end and is often used to dramatize a passage of time.

Split Screen: This shot indicates two subjects in different locations on-screen simultaneously.

Super: Shorthand for superimpose, this term is used if another element is being superimposed over the action of a scene. A super is often used to show dates, locations, or translation texts.

Voice-over: Shorthand is V.O.. This direction is used when the audience hears a character speak above the action of a scene. It's often used for narration.
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