Film Language Tags (series)
| Tag | Clips |
|---|---|
| LGBTQ: Cisgender Male | 512 |
| LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man | 462 |
| LGBTQ: Cisgender Female | 450 |
| LGBTQ: Heterosexual Woman | 388 |
| White: White American | 379 |
| medium shot | 262 |
| medium close-up | 258 |
| shot/reverse shot | 231 |
| two-shot | 225 |
| White | 215 |
| close-up | 199 |
| dialogue | 196 |
| medium long shot | 169 |
| pan | 166 |
| music, nondiegetic | 160 |
| beat, emotion | 120 |
| Black: African-American | 114 |
| full shot | 113 |
| beat, action | 111 |
| tracking shot | 108 |
| zoom-in | 107 |
| long shot | 105 |
| tilt | 88 |
| shallow focus | 88 |
| laugh track | 85 |
| over the shoulder shot | 83 |
| prop | 80 |
| handheld camera | 76 |
| interior | 76 |
| Black | 76 |
| LGBTQ: Bisexual Woman: | 75 |
| sound effects | 74 |
| establishing shot | 74 |
| visual effects | 72 |
| beat, general | 72 |
| diegetic sound | 69 |
| high-key lighting | 68 |
| mise-en-scene | 64 |
| Black: African | 64 |
| eyeline match | 63 |
| beat, event | 63 |
| natural lighting | 62 |
| low angle | 61 |
| LGBTQ: Gay Man | 61 |
| framing | 60 |
| reaction shot | 59 |
| zoom-out | 58 |
| rack focus | 55 |
| fade-out | 54 |
| LGBTQ: Straight passing | 54 |
| high angle | 53 |
| Asian: East Asian | 53 |
| music, empathetic | 52 |
| point-of-view shot | 47 |
| dolly shot | 46 |
| CGI | 45 |
| Asian: South Asian | 45 |
| music, diegetic | 44 |
| special effects | 42 |
| costume | 42 |
| performance | 42 |
| extreme close-up | 41 |
| extreme long shot | 40 |
| music | 40 |
| acting | 38 |
| crosscutting | 37 |
| fade-in | 35 |
| low-key lighting | 34 |
| dissolve | 33 |
| Asian: Southeast Asian | 33 |
| flashback | 32 |
| LGBTQ: Lesbian | 32 |
| soundtrack | 31 |
| mirror shot | 30 |
| montage | 30 |
| exterior | 30 |
| color | 29 |
| dialogue underscoring | 28 |
| voice-off | 28 |
| following shot | 28 |
| match on action | 27 |
| lighting | 27 |
| slow motion | 26 |
| Black: Mixed | 26 |
| Latinx: Hispanic | 26 |
| sound editing | 25 |
| character development | 25 |
| overhead shot | 24 |
| LGBTQ: Queer Coding | 24 |
| voiceover narration | 23 |
| character | 23 |
| subjective insert | 22 |
| deep focus | 22 |
| mobile framing | 21 |
| everyday mise-en-scene | 21 |
| sound, nondiegetic | 21 |
| makeup | 21 |
| location | 21 |
| leitmotif (sound) | 21 |
| sound bridge | 20 |
| set | 20 |
| opening sequence | 20 |
| underscore | 19 |
| sound mixing | 19 |
| plot | 19 |
| White: White Immigrant | 19 |
| ambient sound | 18 |
| soft lighting | 17 |
| source lighting | 17 |
| music, title | 16 |
| 180-degree rule | 15 |
| aerial shot | 15 |
| chiaroscuro | 15 |
| cutaway | 15 |
| long take | 15 |
| jump cut | 14 |
| monologue | 14 |
| title sequence | 14 |
| suspense | 14 |
| plot, television | 14 |
| closing sequence | 13 |
| Credits, Opening | 13 |
| LGBTQ: Cisgender Person | 13 |
| blocking | 12 |
| LGBTQ: Bisexual Man | 12 |
| prop, metaphorical | 11 |
| hard lighting | 11 |
| dolly in | 11 |
| backlighting | 11 |
| crane shot | 10 |
| focus | 10 |
| whip pan | 10 |
| hue | 10 |
| side lighting | 10 |
| scene | 10 |
| dolly out | 9 |
| color balance | 9 |
| ellipsis | 9 |
| crescendo | 9 |
| pace | 9 |
| musical theme | 9 |
| Credits, Closing | 9 |
| Latinx | 9 |
| Asian | 9 |
| retrospective plot | 8 |
| historical mise-en-scene | 8 |
| naturalistic acting | 8 |
| depth of field | 8 |
| LGBTQ: Transgender Woman | 8 |
| LGBTQ | 8 |
| cut-in | 7 |
| accent | 7 |
| bird's-eye view | 7 |
| insert | 7 |
| canted frame | 7 |
| narration | 7 |
| sound advance | 7 |
| Migrant | 7 |
| camera height | 6 |
| rhythmic editing | 6 |
| superimposed titles | 6 |
| arc, television | 6 |
| objective narration | 6 |
| stylized acting | 6 |
| one-shot | 6 |
| Black: Blackface | 6 |
| LGBTQ: Cross-dressing | 6 |
| Indigenous: Pacific Islander | 6 |
| multi-camera (multi-cam) | 6 |
| overlapping dialogue | 5 |
| constructive mise-en-scene | 5 |
| sound, internal diegetic (or semidiegetic) | 5 |
| unreliable narrator | 5 |
| psychological setting | 5 |
| hurry | 5 |
| investigative camera | 5 |
| Mickey-Mousing | 5 |
| act 1 (four-act structure) | 5 |
| Black: Afro-Latino | 5 |
| symphonic underscore | 4 |
| process shot | 4 |
| freeze frame | 4 |
| color filter | 4 |
| leitmotif (literature and film) | 4 |
| iris | 4 |
| graphic match | 4 |
| chase sequence | 4 |
| saturation | 4 |
| act 4 (four-act structure) | 4 |
| match cut | 4 |
| wipe | 4 |
| point-of-view sound | 4 |
| social blocking | 4 |
| superimposition | 4 |
| Middle Eastern/North African | 4 |
| Latinx: Caribbean | 4 |
| Indigenous: Native American | 4 |
| 30-degree rule | 3 |
| explanatory insert | 3 |
| editing | 3 |
| expressive mise-en-scene | 3 |
| dream sequence | 3 |
| directional lighting | 3 |
| intertitles | 3 |
| direct address | 3 |
| slapstick | 3 |
| camera leading | 3 |
| teaser | 3 |
| hard cut | 3 |
| restricted narration | 3 |
| static camera | 3 |
| traveling shot | 3 |
| music, semidiegetic | 3 |
| single-camera (single-cam) | 3 |
| Asian: Brownface | 3 |
| brownface | 3 |
| narrative cuing | 3 |
| symbolism | 3 |
| music, anempathetic | 2 |
| setting | 2 |
| disjunctive editing | 2 |
| sound link | 2 |
| soft focus | 2 |
| generic sound | 2 |
| distortion | 2 |
| stinger | 2 |
| narrator | 2 |
| sequence | 2 |
| establishing sound | 2 |
| inciting incident | 2 |
| setup | 2 |
| reverse angle | 2 |
| overlapping editing | 2 |
| multilinguality | 2 |
| continuity editing | 2 |
| act 2 (four-act structure) | 2 |
| 2D animation | 2 |
| animation | 2 |
| key light | 2 |
| musical montage | 2 |
| Indigenous | 2 |
| commercial break | 2 |
| Latinx: Mestizo | 2 |
| split screen | 2 |
| blackface | 2 |
| White: Whiteface | 2 |
| Indigenous: Redface | 2 |
| source music | 2 |
| intratextuality | 2 |
| displaced diegetic insert | 1 |
| aspect ratio | 1 |
| bullet time | 1 |
| still shot | 1 |
| reverse motion | 1 |
| sound motif | 1 |
| bridge shot | 1 |
| mise-en-abîme | 1 |
| contrast | 1 |
| MacGuffin | 1 |
| brightness | 1 |
| cyclorama | 1 |
| in-camera dissolve | 1 |
| music, neutral | 1 |
| act 3 (three-act structure) | 1 |
| atonality | 1 |
| foreshadow | 1 |
| set piece | 1 |
| external diegetic sound | 1 |
| act 3 (four-act structure) | 1 |
| graphic blocking | 1 |
| fill lighting | 1 |
| dolly zoom | 1 |
| accented speech | 1 |
| diegetic insert | 1 |
| home-seeking journey | 1 |
| sound lag | 1 |
| unrestricted narration | 1 |
| Indigenous: Alaskan Native | 1 |
| shock cut | 1 |
| Latinx: Afro-Latino | 1 |
| Asian: Yellowface | 1 |
| White: White coding | 1 |
| cameo | 1 |
| reflexive narration | 1 |
Data on this page is updated in real time. Researchers interested in accessing additional Kinolab data are encouraged to reach out to Project Director Allison Cooper at acooper@bowdoin.edu.