Basic Concepts

Question 1

What is the rule of thirds?

Answer 1

1. Cut the image into thirds
2. Make sure the subject(s) of the image are where the thirds meet to create depth

Question 2

What is headroom?

Answer 2

Giving space above someone’s head in the frame

Question 3

Why should you always use slight angles?

Answer 3

To create depth

Question 4

What is noseroom?

Answer 4

Giving space between a nose and the side of the frame

Question 5

What is an ECU?

Answer 5

Extreme Close Up

Question 6

What is a CU? Where does it cut off?

Answer 6

Close Up; cuts off at shoulders/high chest

Question 7

What is a MS? Where does it cut off?

Answer 7

Medium Shot; cuts off at midsection

Question 8

What is a WS? Where does it cut off?

Answer 8

Wide Shot; shows entire body

Question 9

What is footroom?

Answer 9

Leaving room between the bottom of the frame and the feet of the actor

Question 10

What is an EWS?

Answer 10

Extreme Wide Shot

Question 11

What is an OTS?

Answer 11

Over The Shoulder

Must identify secondary shot.

Question 12

What is a 2S?

Answer 12

Two Shot

Must identify secondary shot.

Question 13

What is a 3S?

Answer 13

Three Shot

Must identify secondary shot.

Question 14

What is crew call?

Answer 14

The time that each role should get to work.

Question 15

What is a technical meeting?

Answer 15

A meeting between the most important figures that show up the earliest

Question 16

What are notes and reset?

Answer 16

Script supervisor and director make notes or reshoot the scene

Question 17

What is spill?

Answer 17

Planning for mistakes (empty time)

Question 18

What is strike?

Answer 18

The end of the day

Question 19

When storyboarding, what goes under the image?

Answer 19

“The first three words said … the last word said”

Question 20

What does NTSC stand for?

Answer 20

National Television System Committee