| Theatre stage : a temporal and spatial field within which everything signifies script/text : what a speaker says subtext : what the speaker means scene : unit of text with beginning, middle and end, usually marked by entrance or exit subscene : subunit marked by entrance or exit speech : single speaker's uninterrupted performance beat : interval in speech between pauses or changes of thought or mood; a mental breath director : conductor of rehearsals; audience surrogate blocking : positioning and movement of actors on stage; always visually perfect exit/entrance : appearance and disappearance of character; point of emphasis level : vertical elevation, which usually signifies relative power stage left/right : location from actor's viewpoint upstage/downstage : away from/ toward audience cross : move horizontally on stage pace : speed of action and speech tension/release : poles of audience's emotional response rhythm : pattern of changes in pace and tension staging, mise-en-scene : the look of the performance costumes and makeup sets or setting props and lighting and sound stage manager : coordinates rehearsal and performance tasks; assists director producer : arranges for production with money and organization | Film shot : single piece of film or videotape, exposed continuously, without cuts film tonality : graininess, sharpness, and other physical properties of image perspective relations : wide angle, telephoto : extremes of horizontal range of image depth of field : range of distance from camera that subject remains in focus framing : composition of the screen image on-screen/offscreen relations camera angle, height distance from subject extreme long shot : outdoor panoramic view long shot : contains at least full figure of subject medium shot : half-figure; two or three people medium close-up close-up : face shot extreme close-up : detail mobile frame (camera movement) : zoom : change lens focal length like telescope pan (panorama) : rotate on vertical axis tilt : rotate on horizontal axis track (or dolly or truck) : move camera as a whole crane : make camera leave ground, travel forward and backward edit : cut and paste shots to assemble film, affecting pace and rhythm, providing narrative continuity or disruption and other significant juxtapositions cut : instantaneous change from one shot to another fade-out ; fade-in ; dissolve : alternatives to cut | 