Camera Opporation And Picture Composition

Question 1

Arc

Answer 1

To move the camera in a slightly curved dolly or truck

Question 2

Aspect ratio

Answer 2

The width to height proportions of the standard television screen and therefore of all standard television pictures: 4 units wide by 3 units high.
HDTV 16 x 9

Question 3

Camera stabilizing system

Answer 3

Camera mount whose mechanism holds the camera steady while operator moves

Question 4

Cant

Answer 4

To tilt the shoulder-mounted or handheld camera sideways

Question 5

Closure

Answer 5

Short for physiological closure. Mentally filling the spaces of an incomplete picture

Question 6

Crane

Answer 6

1) motion picture camera support that resembles an actual crane in both appearance and operation. The crane can lift the camera from close in the studio floor to more than 10 feet above it.
2) to move the camera crane up and down also called boom

Question 7

Cross shot

Answer 7

Similar to the over the shoulder shot except that the camera-near person is completely out of frame

Question 8

Dolly

Answer 8

Camera support that enables the camera to move in all horizontal directions.

Also move towards and away, dolly in dolly out

Question 9

Extreme close up

Answer 9

Shows the object with a very tight frame

Question 10

Extreme long shot.

Answer 10

Shows the object from a great distance

Also called an establishing shot.

Question 11

Field of view.

Answer 11

The proportion of the scene visible through a particular lens;its vista.

It’s is expressed in symbols such as CU for close ups

Question 12

Head room

Answer 12

The space left between the top of the head and the upper screen edge

Question 13

Interocular distance

Answer 13

The distance between our eyes

2 1/2 inches or 6.35 cm

Question 14

Jib arm

Answer 14

Similar to camera crane it permits the jib arm operator to raise lower and tongue (move sideways) the jib arm while tilting and panning the camera

Question 15

Leadroom

Answer 15

The space left infringed of a person or an object moving toward the edge of the screen.

Question 16

Long shot (LS)

Answer 16

Object seen from far away or framed loosely. Also called the establishing shot or full shot.

Question 17

Medium shot (MS)

Answer 17

Object seen from a medium distance. Covers any framing between a long shot and a close up.

Also called a waist shot

Question 18

Monopod

Answer 18

A single pole onto which you can mount a camera

Question 19

Mounting head.

Answer 19

A device that connects the camera to the tripod or studio pedestal to facilitate smooth pans and tilts.

Also called the pan-and-tilt head

Question 20

Nose room

Answer 20

The space left in front of a person looking or pointing towards the edge of the screen