Chapter 5

Question 1

Cinematography

Answer 1

The art of making motion pictures

Question 2

Speed of Motion

Answer 2

Control over the speed of movement on screen

Question 3

Wide-angle Lens

Answer 3

Short-focal-length. Wide field of view. Distorts straight lines.

Question 4

Medium Lens

Answer 4

Middle-focal-length. Normal lines.

Question 5

Telephoto Lens

Answer 5

Long-focal-length. Planes seem squashed together. Narrower angle of vision.

Question 6

Depth of Field

Answer 6

A range of distances within which objects can be photographed in sharp focus.

Question 7

Framing

Answer 7

The use of the edges of the film frame to select and to compose what will be visible onscreen.

Question 8

Aspect Ratios

Answer 8

The ratio of frame width to frame height.

Question 9

Framing can present with the following angles:

Answer 9

straight-on, high, or low.

Question 10

Extreme long shot

Answer 10

human figure is tiny or lost

Question 11

Long shot

Answer 11

figures are more prominent but background still dominates

Question 12

Medium long shot

Answer 12

Human is framed from the knees up

Question 13

Medium shot

Answer 13

Human is framed from the waist up

Question 14

Medium close-up

Answer 14

Human is framed from the chest up

Question 15

Close-up

Answer 15

Just the head, hands, feet or small object

Question 16

Extreme close-up

Answer 16

singles out a portion of the face or isolates and magnifies an object

Question 17

Pan

Answer 17

Swivels the camera on a vertical axis

Question 18

Tilt

Answer 18

Swivels the camera on a horizontal axis

Question 19

Dolly shot

Answer 19

Tracking shot, the camera as a whole changes position in any direction along the ground

Question 20

Crane Shot

Answer 20

Camera moves above ground level

Question 21

Long take

Answer 21

A shot that continues for an unusually lengthy time before the transition to the next shot.

Question 22

Images are laid over one another, creating multiple perspectives within the frame.

Answer 22

Superimposition.

Question 23

Rear projection

Answer 23

Process work, projecting footage of a setting onto a screen, then film actors in front of it.

Question 24

Matte work

Answer 24

A matte is a portion of the setting photographed on a strip of film, usually with a part of the frame empty. Through laboratory printing, the matte is joined with another strip of film containing the actors.