Chapter 3 Terms

Question 0

all the events that are presented to us or that we can infer have happened

Answer 0

story

Question 1

the borders of the image within which the subject is composed

Answer 1

frame

Question 2

the arrangement or construction of those events in a certain order or structure

Answer 2

plot

Question 3

shots are seen from an “observer’s” point of view

Answer 3

objective camera/ perspective

Question 4

a plot development in which there is a logical relation between one event and another; a sense of closure at the end; stories that are focused on characters

Answer 4

classical narrative

Question 5

the position from which an action or subject is seen, often determining its significance

Answer 5

point of view

Question 6

the arrangement of the so-called theatrical elements before they are actually filmed; these include sets, lightings, costumes, and props

Answer 6

mise-en-scence

Question 7

the place or location used for a specific scene or shot in a film

Answer 7

setting/set

Question 8

areas that are not shown by the image but sometimes suggested by actions or words within the image

Answer 8

off-screen space

Question 9

the various ways a character or an object or a scene can be illuminated, either by natural sunlight or from artificial sources

Answer 9

lighting

Question 10

a continuously exposed and unedited image of any length

Answer 10

shot

Question 11

the qualities of the film image that are found in any photograph, plus the speed at which the scene is filmed

Answer 11

photographic properties

Question 12

the range and texture of the colors in a film image

Answer 12

tone

Question 13

a technique that recreates the perspective of a single individual

Answer 13

subjective camera/perspective

Question 14

the rate at which the film is shot; it is most obvious in instances of slow or fast motion

Answer 14

film speed

Question 15

the audience can see characters in the background as sharply as it sees characters in the foreground

Answer 15

deep focus

Question 16

will clearly show only one plane in the image

Answer 16

shallow focus

Question 17

when the focus is quickly changed, or pulled, from one figure or object to another within the same shot

Answer 17

rack focus

Question 18

viewing its subject from above

Answer 18

high angle

Question 19

viewing action from below

Answer 19

low angle

Question 20

camera frame is unbalanced in relation to the space and action

Answer 20

canted frame

Question 21

shots that remain on a scene or object for an unusually long time

Answer 21

long take

Question 22

how shots are built into larger pieces of a movie and, hence, larger units of meaning

Answer 22

editing

Question 23

the interwoven and unified group of shots or scenes

Answer 23

sequence

Question 24

an editing style that follows a linear and chronological movement forward, as if the image is simply recording the action; aka invisible editing

Answer 24

continuity editing

Question 25

shots that begin a scene or sequence as a way of locating a scene clearly in a certain place before dividing that sequence into more detailed shots

Answer 25

establishing shots

Question 26

an image is darkened or lightened so that it appears or disappears

Answer 26

fade-in/fade-out

Question 27

the new image appears as an expanding circle in the middle of the old image, or the old image becomes a contracting circle that disappears into the new image

Answer 27

iris-in/iris-out

Question 28

a line moves across an image to gradually clear one shot and introduce another

Answer 28

wipe

Question 29

a new shot is briefly superimposed on the fading old shot

Answer 29

dissolve