Chapter 5&6

Question 1

Temporal Order

Answer 1

the way in which the events of the story are ordered, utilizing elements such as flashbacks or flashforwards.

Question 2

Shot

Answer 2

continuous footage or sequence between two edits or cuts.

Question 3

Reverse shot

Answer 3

a shot of the opposite end of the axis of action.

Question 4

Match-on-action

Answer 4

a matter of carrying a single movement across a cut.

Question 5

Intra-frame editing

Answer 5

Enables editors to manipulate specific portions of a frame without affecting the entire image.

Question 6

180° rule

Answer 6

Also known as the axis of action or the center line. a half-circle, or 180° area, where the camera can be placed to present the action.

Question 7

Continuity Editing

Answer 7

a patterned use of a technique, based on filmmakers’ decisions, that’s designed to have particular effects on viewers.

Question 8

Ellipsis

Answer 8

When a film presents an action in such a way that it consumes less time on the screen than it does in the story.

Question 9

Crosscutting

Answer 9

When the plot alternates shots of story events in one place with shots of another event elsewhere.

Question 10

Constructive Editing

Answer 10

Refers to cutting together portions of a space in a way that prompts the spectator to assume a spatial whole that isn’t shown onscreen. Also known as the Kuleshov effect

Question 11

Cut

Answer 11

Provides an instantaneous change from one shot to another.

Question 12

Exposure

Answer 12

Regulates how much light passes through the camera lens.

Question 13

Digital Grading

Answer 13

Manipulating the color, levels, and other pictorial aspects.

Question 14

Camera movement

Answer 14

A filmmaking technique that causes a change in frame or perspective through the movement of the camera.

Question 15

Off-screen space

Answer 15

Part of the film that is not seen on screen

Question 16

Long-Take

Answer 16

a take that is one run of the camera that records a single shot.

Question 17

Contrast

Answer 17

refers to the comparative difference between the darkest and lightest areas of the frame.

Question 18

Focal length

Answer 18

The distance from the center of the lens to the point
where light rays converge to a point of focus on the film.

Question 19

Depth-of-field

Answer 19

Also known as “selective focus”. It focuses elements on screen by blurring out anything that’s not important

Question 20

Aspect Ratio

Answer 20

The ratio of frame width to frame height. Ex: 2:1

Question 21

Framing

Answer 21

Refers to the way elements are organized in a frame. This is crucial for cinematography