CH 4

Question 1

aspect ratio

Answer 1

height by width 9 x 16

Question 2

camera chain

Answer 2

the television camera and its associated technical components, including the power supply, sync generator, and camera control unit

Question 3

cant

Answer 3

a tilted camera shot that image’s horizon at an angle

Question 4

closure

Answer 4

the psychological process of the mind filling in missing pieces of an image

Question 5

dolly

Answer 5

a camera mount that has the ability to move the camera in any direction across the floor

a camera movement toward or away from the set

Question 6

essential area

Answer 6

the part of a television picture with the scanning area of a camera shot that the audience will see at home after a small amount of signal cropping occurs in transmission

Question 7

focal length

Answer 7

the distance from the optical center of a lens to the imaging device inside the camera

Question 8

headroom

Answer 8

in a camera image, the area between the top of a subject’s head and the top of the screen

Question 9

high angle

Answer 9

a camera image placed above a subject, looking down at it

Question 10

leadroom

Answer 10

in a camera image, the area in front of a subject. also called noseroom

Question 11

lookspace

Answer 11

in a camera image, the area in front of a subject in the direction he or she is looking

Question 12

low angle

Answer 12

a camera angle placed below a subject, looking up at it

Question 13

minimum object distance

Answer 13

the shortest distance a camera can get to an angle and still be able to focus on it

Question 14

natural cutoff lines

Answer 14

areas on the human body, usually jointed, which should be avoided at the frame’s edge when composing camera shots.

Question 15

neutral angle

Answer 15

a camera angle placed at the eye level of a subject

Question 16

pan

Answer 16

a movement of the stationary camera scanning laterally to the left or right

Question 17

pedestal

Answer 17

part of a camera mount that allows the head to be raised or lowered

a camera movement that involves raising or lowering the pedestal of the mount

Question 18

rule of thirds

Answer 18

a photographic principle that involves dividing the screen into nine squares composed of three vertical and three horizontal fields. the rule of thirds involves placing objects at the intersection points of these fields

Question 19

scanning area

Answer 19

the area seen in a camera viewfinder

Question 20

screen centering

Answer 20

keeping subjects placed in the middle of a camera shot in order to achieve balance and symmetry in composition

Question 21

talkspace

Answer 21

in a camera image, the area in front of a subject who is talking

Question 22

tilt

Answer 22

a movement of the stationary camera pointing up or down

Question 23

tongue

Answer 23

moving a camera mounted on a boom arm to the left or right

Question 24

truck

Answer 24

a camera movement to the left or right

Question 25

variable-focal-length lens

Answer 25

a zoom lens

Question 26

viewfinder

Answer 26

a small monitor found on the camera head that allows the operator to view the shot

Question 27

vista

Answer 27

the view through a camera lens, also called the field of view

Question 28

walkspace

Answer 28

in a camera image, the area in front of a moving subject

Question 29

zoom

Answer 29

changing a camera’s vista from a wider shot to one that’s closer, or vice versa

Question 30

zoom lens

Answer 30

a camera lens that can change its focal length in a continuous fashion. also called a variable-focal-length lens

Question 31

zoom range

Answer 31

stated as a ratio, the degree to which a zoom lens can change its field of view and focal length from its wide shot to telephone vista