ANGLE The position from which camera photographs action. Camera point of view. High, low.
BEAT A smaller dramatic unit within a scene; a scene within a scene; a change in direction of scene content.
CLIMAX The point at which the complication reaches its point of maximum tension and the forces in opposition confront each other at a peak of physical or emotional action. (see Dictionary @ Theatre w/Anatoly)
COMPLICATION The section of a story in which a conflict begins and grows in clarity, intensity, and importance.
COMPOSITION (visual) A harmonious arrangement of two or more elements, one of which dominates all others in interest.
COVERAGE The camera angles a director needs for dramatizing values in a scene and for effective editing. For example, a full shot, over-shoulder shots, closeups.
CUT -- between two shots.
CUTAWAY A cut to a person or action that is not the central focus of attention, perhaps to a spectator. Sometimes used by editors to delete unwanted footage.
DENOUEMENT A brief period of calm following the climax, in which a state of relative equilibrium returns (RESOLUTION).
EXPOSITION Information that the audience needs to know to understand a story. Introduction of a conflict, character(s), theme(s)
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