Thriller storyboard - the essential terms

Here's a list of which key terms you should be using in each box of your storyboard. Remember, you have to demonstrate not only excellent technical skills, but also a range of shot types and camera angles, and an excellent knowledge and understanding of how media products are produced.

Cinematography

Close-up (C/U)
Mid-shot (M/S)
Long-shot (L/S)
Extreme long-shot (ELS)
Establishing shot
Zoom
Shock zoom
Slow zoom
Pan
Tracking shot
Dolly
Empty shot

Mise-en-scene

Props
Costume
Gesture
Facial expression
Colour
Setting
Make-up

Editing

(editing may not have a column on your storyboard, but you can make reference to it in one of the other boxes, or even over the top of your images)

Cut
Long take
Montage
Rapid fire editing (MTV editing)
Transition
Fade
Dip
Parallel editing
Shot duration
Pacing

Sound

Diegetic
Non-diegetic
Subjective
Pleonastic
Soundtrack
Sound FX
Atmos
Foley
Contrapuntal

Other aspects to include

Shot duration (eg "6 seconds"
Transition (eg "dip to black")
Arrows to show exactly how characters move, how the camera moves, or any other movement.