Cinemaphotagraphy Flashcards
When we look at photographic images, whether still or moving, we are
looking at a number of purposeful technical decisions regarding the ____, ____, and ____ of a moment captured on film.
Tone
Speed
Perspective
What does cinematography literally translate?
Writing in Movement
Types of ____ ____ are differentiated by the chemical qualities of the emulsion.
Film Stocks
What is contrast?
The relative difference between stark black and white or a mixture of greys
What are the names for the ones that deal with color of films?
Color timer
Grader
Colorist
What is tinting?
Is adding color to black and white by dipping the already developed stock into a dye bath
What is toning?
Is when dye is added before the film was shot; only difference is that the black and white are more colored
What is the other example of changing colors?
Using 35mm film, manipulating digitally by removing some color, and then transferred back into films resulting in de-saturated images
What is exposure?
Regulation of how much light comes through the lens
What is filter?
They are made of gelatin or glass that are placed right in front of the light source to reduce certain frequencies of light reaching the film
What is the standard film rate in frames per second?
24 fps
What is the standard video rate in frames per second?
30 fps
What is the average rate of slow motion in frames per second?
60+ fps
How much can a phantom camera capture frames in seconds?
Up to 1 million fps
What are two ways of using phantom cameras to use in films?
Fast Motion
Slow Motion
What is fast Motion?
It grabs our attention and then accelerates the pace
What is slow motion?
Used in expressive purposes. The more fps shot, the slower the movement
What are jerky silent films?
Some silent films are jerky because they were shot at 16-20 fps
What is perspective?
The optical system of your eye
What are lens?
They are what our eyes does, they form images that represent size, depth, and other dimensions of the scene
What is focal length?
Controls perspective. The distance from the center of the lens to the point where light rays converge to a point of focus on the film. It alters the perceived magnification, depth and scale of things in the image.
What size is the normal lens?
50mm
What is zoom and fixed lenses?
Zoom, allows you to zoom in and out while shooting,
while a fixed lens requires you to actually move while shooting
What is depth of field?
Is the amount of the image in absolute focus in front of and
behind the subject
What are the four examples of DOF?
Selective focus
Deep focus
Tracking focus
Pulling focus
What is selective focus?
Choosing to focus on only one plane and letting the other places blur
What is Deep focus?
YIELDS A GREATER DEPTH
OF FIELD, COMMON IN DIGITAL VIDEO
What is tracking/pulling focus?
ADJUSTING PERSPECTIVE WHILE FILMING
What are the two special effects?
Superimposition
Process/Composite shots
What is superimposition effect?
Separately photographed planes of action may be combined on the same strip of film to create the illusion that the two planes are adjacent
What is process/composite effect?
Process or Composite shots are more complex techniques for
combining strips of film
What are the two types of process/composite effects?
Projection
Matte
What is a process/composite projection shot?
IS WHERE THE
BACKGROUND IS PROJECTED AND THE ACTORS ACT
IN FRONT OF IT
What is a blue or green screen shooting?
DIGITAL METHOD FOR REPLACING OR PLACING A
BACKGROUND BEHIND THE ACTORS AFTER
SHOOTING
What is process/composite matte work effect?
Where a portion of the setting photographed on a strip of film, usually
with a part of the frame empty
What are the four topics of framing of a shot?
- Size/shape
- On-screen and off-screen space
- Distance, angle, and height of a vantage point
- Moving in relation to mise-en-scene
In size/shape, what is aspect ratio?
The ratio of frame width to frame height (the size and shape of the frame)
What is off-screen space?
Is defined as the viewer becoming aware of something outside of the frame through either a character’s
response to a person, thing, or
event off-screen, or off-screen sound.
In vintage point, what is an angle?
The frame positions us at some angle looking onto the shot’s mise-enscene. The number of such angles is infinite, since the camera might be placed
anywhere.
In vintage point, what is height?
viewed in relation to the settings and figures. To frame a high angle entails being at a certain vantage point higher than the material in the image
In vintage, what is distance?
Supplies a sense of being close or far away from the mise-en-scene
of the shot.
In distance, what is a medium long shot?
HUMAN FIGURE IS
FRAMED FROM KNEES UP, CREATES A NICE
BALANCE OF FIGURE AND SURROUNDINGS
In distance, what are the six kinds of shots?
Extreme wide shot Wide shot Medium shot Medium close up Close up Extreme Close up
In moving with mise-en-scene, what are two ways the frame is moving?
The mobile frame
Pan
What is tilting?
Moving the head of the camera from the same spot
What are tracking or dolly shot?
CAMERA CHANGES POSITION, TRAVELING IN
ANY DIRECTION ALONG THE GROUND (LIKE A PERSON ON WHEELS)
In tracking/dolly shots, what is a cane shot?
Camera moves above ground level
What is handheld camera?
BUMPY, SHAKY, JIGGLING IMAGE
What is a dystopia?
IS A COMMUNITY OR SOCIETY THAT IS IN SOME IMPORTANT WAY UNDESIRABLE OR
FRIGHTENING
What is the opposite of dystopia?
Utopia
