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Cinematography Flashcards

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Terms: Cinematography

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How a film is shot

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Define: Film Stock

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Unexposed film (Blank Canvas)

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Film Stock Parts: Perforation

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Guiding hole of the side

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Film Stock Parts: Frame

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Individual image (24 frames/sec)

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Film Stock Parts: Emulsion

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A thin gelatin like coating on the surface of the film stock

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Film Stock Parts: Grains

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Light sensitive particles within the emulsion (pixels)

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Film Stock Parts: Super Coat

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The protective layer on the emulsion

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Film Stock Parts: Anti-Halatoin

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Prevents light reflection (on back of film stock)

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Film Stock Parts: Clear Base

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The thickness of the film stock

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Film Stock Parts: Gauge

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The width of the film stock (wider gauge = sharper image)

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Elements of Cinematography

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Speed, Color, Lighting, Camera

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Elements of Cinematography: Speed

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Slow: needs more light to capture an image (set)
Faster: Doesn’t need as much light (location)

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13
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Elements of Cinematography: Color

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Warm: suggest aggression/power
Cool: Suggest mellow/calm

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Elements of Cinematography: Lighting

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Hard/Direct: lit directly on the subject

Soft/Indirect: light wraps around subject (usually looks better)

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Types of Lighting

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Key, Fill, Backlight

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Types of Lighting: Key

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First one placed (strongest)

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Types of Lighting: Fill

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Fills in w/key lighting, eliminates extra shadows

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Types of Lighting: Backlight

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Provides depth, farthest away from the camera

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19
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What was the first visual effect?

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Lighting

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20
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Part of the Camera: Reels

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Holds the film stock

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Part of the Camera: Lens

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Eye of the camera that picks up what we want to see

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Types of Lens: Normal

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What the eye would see normally

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Types of Lens: Wide-Angle

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Captures larger areas/distances

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Types of Lens: Telephoto

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Allows you to capture something from a safe distance

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Types of Lens: Anamorphic

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Squeezes shot into frame, just visual variety

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Types of Lens: Aperture

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Allows light into camera behind the lens

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Types of shots: ELS

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Extreme long shot: subject visible but we lose detail

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Types of shots: LS

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Long Shot

29
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Types of shots: MLS

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Medium Long Shot

30
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Types of shots: MS

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Medium Shot

31
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Types of shots: MCU

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Medium Close Up

32
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Types of shots: CU

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Close Up

33
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Types of shots: ECU

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Extreme Close Up

34
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Types of Placement: Top Angle

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Bird’s eye view

35
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Types of Placement: High Angle

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Used to show submission

36
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Types of Placement: Eye Level

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Normal

37
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Types of Placement: Low Angle

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Show superiority

38
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Types of Placement: Bottom Angle

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Worm’s eye

39
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Types of Placement: Dutch Angle

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Slanted to show out of balance

40
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Types of Camera Movement: Dolly

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Forward and backward

41
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Types of Camera Movement: Pedestal

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Up and down

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Types of Camera Movement: Track

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Follow the subject

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Types of Camera Movement: Pan

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Left to right, turns camera but doesn’t move from its place

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Types of Camera Movement: Tilt

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Up and down but doesn’t move from its place

45
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Types of Camera Movement: Roll

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Twist

46
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Types of Camera Movement: Zoom

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In and out

47
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Editing Terms: Cutaway

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To move away from a subject to show something else and then return to the subject

48
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Editing Terms: Dailies

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Days filming

49
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Editing Terms: Final Cut

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What clips make it into the film

50
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Editing Terms: Montage

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Bunch of clips

51
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Building Blocks to Editing

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Shot, Scene, Sequence, Transitions

52
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Building Blocks: Shot

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The basic unit of editing

53
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Building Blocks: Scene

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Part of the filming that gives the impression of continuous action taking place

54
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Building Blocks: Sequence

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Series of related scenes (story-line)

55
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Building Blocks: Transitions

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How we connect shots, scenes, sequences

56
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Types of Transitions: Cut

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stop

57
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Types of Transitions: Match Cut

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Match shots

58
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Types of Transitions: Jump Cut

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Designed to surprise the audience

59
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Types of Transitions: Fade in/out

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Fading in/out

60
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Types of Transitions: Dissolve

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Fade, but no black screen

61
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Types of Transitions: Wipe

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Puchs shot off w/another shot

62
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Types of Continuity Editing:

Image on Image

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Putting 2 shots in the same frame

63
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Types of Continuity Editing:

Image after Image

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2 Angles but objects don’t match

64
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What do you effect with editing?

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Pace and time

Intro to Film (MCC) (9 decks)

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