Cinematography

Question 1

Cinematography

Answer 1

the arts and science of recording movements

Question 2

Framing

Answer 2

what is in your frame, and what’s not in your frame (frame is your canvas)

Question 3

Composition

Answer 3

the way you put things in your frame, how movement goes through your frame (can be still or dynamic)

Question 4

Mise En Scene

Answer 4

captures everything that can go into a shot/scene (the action in a shot, the lighting, the composition, the blocking, the overall aesthetic and weight, etc etc etc)

Question 5

One Point Perspective

Answer 5

everything drives your eye to the middle of the frame

Question 6

Breaking the fourth wall

Answer 6

can include or exclude the audience in your story

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Rule of thirds

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placing your subject on the thirds as a stylistic choice

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Head Room

Answer 8

how much room you have over someone’s head, usually you don’t cut people’s head off, and you don’t give them too much room

Question 9

Lead Room

Answer 9

he space out front/behind of a character when walking in profile

Question 10

Shot

Answer 10

when you press record, and then you press stop. One unit of recording on video

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Sequence

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when you put a whole series of shots together, not always considered a scene, but also sequence and scene often go together

Question 12

Scene

Answer 12

typically shot in one location, a series of shots in one location

Question 13

Zoom

Answer 13

need a zoom lens (variable lens) to move in on the frame

Question 14

Montage

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throwing a whole bunch of shots to tell a story in quick secession

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depth of feild

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depends on what you want to show the audience, what amount of your frame is in focus

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focal length

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the distance between the center of the lens and its focus, controlled by zoom if theres a variable lens

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iso

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controls the sensitivity of your cameras sensor to light

Question 18

shutter speed

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controls the duration of the exposure (how much light is allowed to reach the sensor

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aperture

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controls the area over which light can enter your camera

Question 20

dynamic range

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about how technically the camera can successfully capture the lights and dark of an image without losing detail

Question 21

panning

Answer 21

moving the camera from side to side in on place

Question 22

tilting

Answer 22

moving the camera up and down

Question 23

tracking

Answer 23

can be handheld but doesn’t have to, camera follows a subject