08 Cinematography

Question 1

Name the four areas of cinematography.

Answer 1

The camera lens
Film speed
Framing the shot
Scale of the shot

Question 2

Name the different types of camera lens techniques.

Answer 2

Deep focus (wide DoF)
Shallow focus (shallow DoF)
Racking focus (where the focus changes from one object to another)
Zoom shot (when the filmmaker changes the focal length mid-shot)

Question 3

Name the different types of film speed.

Answer 3

Slow Mo
Bullet Speed (super slow mo)
Fast Motion
Time Lapse (super fast mo)

Question 4

Name the different types of framing techniques.

Answer 4

Level framing.
Canted framing (where cam is tilted)
Following shot (A shot that follows the character with pans, tilts and tracking)
POV shot (places the camera where the viewer would imagine a characters gaze to be)
Wide angle lens (distort the edges of a frame to emphasize the amount of space in a shot)

Question 5

Name the different scales of shots.

Answer 5

Extreme close up (to show detail drawing our attention to something specific i.e. an eye)
Close up (face fills the frame)
Medium close up (you see characters head and shoulders)
Medium shot (gives character in context, waist up)
Medium long shot (just above knees)
Long shot (whole body is shown)
Extreme long shot (Shows humans in context. Not about detail but about the subject and their surroundings. Often used at beginning of films/sequences. Establishes scene/geographical location)

Question 6

What is a deep focus?

Answer 6

A deep focus has a wide depth of field.

Question 7

What is a shallow focus?

Answer 7

A shallow focus has a shallow depth of field.

Question 8

What is a racking focus?

Answer 8

Where the focus is changed from the background to the foreground.

Question 9

What is a zoom shot?

Answer 9

A zoom shot occurs when the filmmaker changes the focal length mid-shot.

Question 10

What is bullet speed?

Answer 10

Super slow motion.

Question 11

What is a time lapse?

Answer 11

Super fast motion.

Question 12

What is canted framing?

Answer 12

Canted framing is where the camera is tilted.

Question 13

What is a following shot?

Answer 13

A shot that follows the character with pans, tilts and tracking)

Question 14

What is a POV shot?

Answer 14

A POV shot places the camera where the viewer would imagine a characters gaze to be.

Question 15

Explain what a wide angle lens does.

Answer 15

A wide angle lens distorts the edges of a frame to emphasize the amount of space in a shot.

Question 16

What is an extreme close up?

Answer 16

An extreme close up shows detail in the shot drawing our attention to something specific i.e. an eye

Question 17

What is a close up shot?

Answer 17

A close up shot is where the face of the character fills the frame.

Question 18

What is a medium close up shot?

Answer 18

A medium close up shot is where you see a characters head and shoulders.

Question 19

What is a medium long shot?

Answer 19

A medium long shot is captured from just above knees.

Question 20

What is a long shot?

Answer 20

A long shot is where the whole body is shown.

Question 21

What is an extreme long shot?

Answer 21

An extreme long shot shows humans in context. It is not about detail but about the subject and their surroundings. It is often used at beginning of films/sequences and establishes scene/geographical location.