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Film technique

Special effects (FX):

3-D film
Computer generated imagery
Digital compositing
Optical effects
Bluescreen
Stop trick
Stop motion

Editing:

Timecode
A Roll
B Roll
Cross cutting
Cutaway
Cut in[?]
Cut out[?]
Dissolve
Establishing shot
Hairy Arm
Insert
Keying
L cut ("split edit")
Master shot
Point of view shot
Sequence shot[?]
Shot reverse shot
Talking head
Wipe

Frame:

Deframing[?]
Reframing
Split screen

Shots:

American shot
Crane shot
Long shot
Medium shot
Tracking shot

Other:

Film stock

See also film, motion picture terminology, film crew

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