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Cinemaphotagraphy Flashcards

1
Q

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.

A

Tone
Speed
Perspective

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2
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What does cinematography literally translate?

A

Writing in Movement

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3
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Types of ____ ____ are differentiated by the chemical qualities of the emulsion.

A

Film Stocks

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4
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What is contrast?

A

The relative difference between stark black and white or a mixture of greys

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5
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What are the names for the ones that deal with color of films?

A

Color timer
Grader
Colorist

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6
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What is tinting?

A

Is adding color to black and white by dipping the already developed stock into a dye bath

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7
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What is toning?

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Is when dye is added before the film was shot; only difference is that the black and white are more colored

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8
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What is the other example of changing colors?

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Using 35mm film, manipulating digitally by removing some color, and then transferred back into films resulting in de-saturated images

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9
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What is exposure?

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Regulation of how much light comes through the lens

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10
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What is filter?

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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

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11
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What is the standard film rate in frames per second?

A

24 fps

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12
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What is the standard video rate in frames per second?

A

30 fps

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13
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What is the average rate of slow motion in frames per second?

A

60+ fps

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14
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How much can a phantom camera capture frames in seconds?

A

Up to 1 million fps

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15
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What are two ways of using phantom cameras to use in films?

A

Fast Motion

Slow Motion

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16
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What is fast Motion?

A

It grabs our attention and then accelerates the pace

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17
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What is slow motion?

A

Used in expressive purposes. The more fps shot, the slower the movement

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18
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What are jerky silent films?

A

Some silent films are jerky because they were shot at 16-20 fps

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19
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What is perspective?

A

The optical system of your eye

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20
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What are lens?

A

They are what our eyes does, they form images that represent size, depth, and other dimensions of the scene

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21
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What is focal length?

A

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.

22
Q

What size is the normal lens?

A

50mm

23
Q

What is zoom and fixed lenses?

A

Zoom, allows you to zoom in and out while shooting,

while a fixed lens requires you to actually move while shooting

24
Q

What is depth of field?

A

Is the amount of the image in absolute focus in front of and

behind the subject

25
Q

What are the four examples of DOF?

A

Selective focus
Deep focus
Tracking focus
Pulling focus

26
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What is selective focus?

A

Choosing to focus on only one plane and letting the other places blur

27
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What is Deep focus?

A

YIELDS A GREATER DEPTH

OF FIELD, COMMON IN DIGITAL VIDEO

28
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What is tracking/pulling focus?

A

ADJUSTING PERSPECTIVE WHILE FILMING

29
Q

What are the two special effects?

A

Superimposition

Process/Composite shots

30
Q

What is superimposition effect?

A

Separately photographed planes of action may be combined on the same strip of film to create the illusion that the two planes are adjacent

31
Q

What is process/composite effect?

A

Process or Composite shots are more complex techniques for

combining strips of film

32
Q

What are the two types of process/composite effects?

A

Projection

Matte

33
Q

What is a process/composite projection shot?

A

IS WHERE THE
BACKGROUND IS PROJECTED AND THE ACTORS ACT
IN FRONT OF IT

34
Q

What is a blue or green screen shooting?

A

DIGITAL METHOD FOR REPLACING OR PLACING A
BACKGROUND BEHIND THE ACTORS AFTER
SHOOTING

35
Q

What is process/composite matte work effect?

A

Where a portion of the setting photographed on a strip of film, usually
with a part of the frame empty

36
Q

What are the four topics of framing of a shot?

A
  • Size/shape
  • On-screen and off-screen space
  • Distance, angle, and height of a vantage point
  • Moving in relation to mise-en-scene
37
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In size/shape, what is aspect ratio?

A

The ratio of frame width to frame height (the size and shape of the frame)

38
Q

What is off-screen space?

A

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.

39
Q

In vintage point, what is an angle?

A

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.

40
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In vintage point, what is height?

A

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

41
Q

In vintage, what is distance?

A

Supplies a sense of being close or far away from the mise-en-scene
of the shot.

42
Q

In distance, what is a medium long shot?

A

HUMAN FIGURE IS
FRAMED FROM KNEES UP, CREATES A NICE
BALANCE OF FIGURE AND SURROUNDINGS

43
Q

In distance, what are the six kinds of shots?

A 
Extreme wide shot
Wide shot
Medium shot
Medium close up
Close up
Extreme Close up
44
Q

In moving with mise-en-scene, what are two ways the frame is moving?

A

The mobile frame

Pan

45
Q

What is tilting?

A

Moving the head of the camera from the same spot

46
Q

What are tracking or dolly shot?

A

CAMERA CHANGES POSITION, TRAVELING IN

ANY DIRECTION ALONG THE GROUND (LIKE A PERSON ON WHEELS)

47
Q

In tracking/dolly shots, what is a cane shot?

A

Camera moves above ground level

48
Q

What is handheld camera?

A

BUMPY, SHAKY, JIGGLING IMAGE

49
Q

What is a dystopia?

A

IS A COMMUNITY OR SOCIETY THAT IS IN SOME IMPORTANT WAY UNDESIRABLE OR
FRIGHTENING

50
Q

What is the opposite of dystopia?

A

Utopia

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