Camera Techniques

Whip pan, Whip cut- where the camera is focused on one subject then all of a sudden quickly pans to a new subject in another location but in the same room

Whip, Zoom look- When it is a either a close up or a wider shot then quickly either zooms in or out on the subject to mess with the viewers eyes. 

Search Up- used to get a full body look of a character either from head to toe or vise versa 

Back to front- when some thing goes far away from the camera then the next shot is that thing close to the camera from the other side

Focus out, pass out- the final moments before a character loses consciousness from the point of view of the character 

Focus transition- When the viewer is focused on a single spot on the screen then everything else around the character becomes blurry or vise versa

Overexpose Fade, underexposed fade-  when the character is barely visible either because everything is very bright or very dim

Ceiling twist- when the camera is pointing up and spinning in circles sometimes from the point of view of the character 

Shifting angles-  The camera is constantly changing angles in different ways and make the viewer a little sick. usually the angles are from left to right but sometimes can be up and down

Sleepover-  The camera is from a birds eye view and rotates slowly and is most used when the character isn't conscious or asleep

Plot vs. Story response

I believe that i sort of agree with Martin Scorsese in the sense that if a film is really well done with the shots and emotion and acting i would be more interested in watching it as a film fan. But if the acting was poor and it was dry and emotionless then it would bore me no matter how well it was written and how many plot twists and turns there were. Yes both are important but if i were forced to take a side on the matter then i would choose the development and editing rather than who is in it and the story.