FILM VOCABULARY To apply to

your analyses
YOUTUBE CREATORS
ACADEMY

1. Production skills
2. Case studies from
successful creator s
3. Create great content
 BASICS

A Roll: The main footage of the subject in action.

B Roll: What you cut away to. B roll is often more important
than a roll because it is more exciting and interesting.

Stabilize: Always use a tripod, selfie stick, or some other mount

to keep your camera shot stable.
Audio: Use your audio recorders good audio makes even an
awful visual better.

Background: Consider your background carefully. Use a gaussian

blue. Use a high contrast background.
For more see: https://thescoutmagazine.co/your-background-sucks-
production-design-for-vloggers-edc84f076cf9
 RULE OF THIRDS

The theory is that if you place points of

interest in the intersections or along the
lines that your photo becomes more
balanced and will enable a viewer of the
image to interact with it more naturally.

Studies have shown that when viewing

images that peoples eyes usually go to one
of the intersection points most naturally
rather than the center of the shot using
the rule of thirds works with this natural
way of viewing an image rather than
working against it.
 SHOT T YPES

Close Up Focus is tight Two Shot

on face and
highlights
emotion.

Medium Shot Waist up.

Captures face Two characters, usually waist
and body up, highlights relationships
language and interaction

Long Shot

Establishing Shot
Context and
tone. Usually
Without actors. Similar to establishing shot
but highlights characters
interaction with environment.
 SHOT T YPES

Low-Angle Shot

Point of View Shot From the

filmmakers
point of view.

Makes the subject seem

strong
High-Angle Shot
Over the Shoulder Shot

Makes the subject seem

small or weak
 SHOT T YPES

Cut In Other Shot Types

Aerial shot: drone footage from above
Arc shot: Spinning around character ala
the matrix
Bridging shot: Shows travel between
scenes
See more at:
https://www.empireonline.com/movies/f
eatures/film-studies-101-camera-shots-
styles/
Cutaway
TRANSITIONS
 T YPES OF CUTAWAYS

To be honest, the cutaway is perhaps the only way to do a

good transition in the middle of a video. That is jumping from
one piece of footage to the next with no real transition
needed. Other types of transitions end up being hokey.
L Cut: The audio from the previous scene keeps going after the
camera has cut to the next scene.
J Cut: The audio from the next scene starts before the film cuts away.
See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAH0MoAv2CI
 SHOOTING INTERVIEWS

Slight angle--eyes on
interviewer rather into
the camera
Place the subject in the
opposite third or the
camera
Make sure you are
leaving enough
headroom between the
top of the head and the
edge of the frame
Do you want to be in the
interview?
See more at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-
2zrWh82iU
 SIMPLE LIGHTING

1. Dont backlight
2. Use a lighting rig if you have one it always makes you look
better.
3. Dif fuse the light
4. ISO settings: the darker the room the higher the ISO needs
to bebut the higher the ISO the more grainy the picture.
5. Exposure: adjusts light and contrast using +/ - settings.