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Provided in this list of film techniques is a categorised (and then alphabetised) list of techniques used in film (motion pictures).

Contents 1 Camera view, angle, movement, shot 2 Lighting technique and aesthetics 3 Editing and transitional devices 4 Special effects (FX) 5 Other 6 See also

Camera view, angle, movement, shot

Aerial shot
American shot
Bird's eye shot
Close up
Crane shot
Dolly shot
Dutch angle
Establishing shot
"Evangelion" shot
Follow shot
Forced perspective
Video frame
Freeze frame shot
Full shot
Head-on shot
High-angle shot
Long shot
Low-angle shot
Master shot
Medium shot
Pan shot
Point of view shot
Reaction shot
Sequence shot
Shot
Shot reverse shot
Talking head
Tracking shot
Trunk shot
Two Shot
Vertigo shot
Whip pan

Lighting technique and aesthetics

Background lighting
Cameo lighting
Fill light
High-key lighting
Key lighting
Mood lighting
Pool hall lighting
Rembrandt lighting
Stage lighting
Soft light

Editing and transitional devices

• A Roll
  B Roll
  A and B editing
  Cross cutting
  Cutaway
  Cut in
  Cut out
  Dissolve
• Editing
• Establishing shot
  Fast cutting
  Hairy Arm
  Insert
  Jump cut
  Keying
  L cut ("split edit")
  Master shot
  Match cut
• Montage
• Point of view shot
  Screen direction
  Sequence shot
  Slow cutting
  Split screen
  SMPTE time code
  Shot reverse shot
  Talking head
• Wipe
  • Clock wipe
    Heart wipe
    Matrix wipe
    Star wipe

Special effects (FX)

• 3-D film for movie history
• 3-D computer graphics
  Bluescreen/Chroma key
• Computer-generated imagery
• Digital compositing
  Optical effects
• Special effects
• Stereoscopy for 3D technical details
  Stop trick
• Stop motion

Other

Film stock
Movie projector
Widescreen

See also

• Film crew
• List of film formats