Critical Concepts

Question 1

The _________ is all of the dialogue and action that occurs in ONE location at ONE time.

Answer 1

Scene

Question 2

In the script, what tells the reader the location and general time of day?

Answer 2

Slug line

Question 3

A shot may be described by what?

Answer 3

1) by size

2) by function

Question 4

What kind of shot will show the characters in the environment?

Answer 4

A wide shot

Question 5

What kind of shot shows one or more subjects, head-to-toe and focuses the audience’s attention on the characters?

Answer 5

Full shot

Question 6

What kind of shot shows the characters from the waist up?

Answer 6

A medium shot

Question 7

What shot shows the character’s “head and shoulders”?

Answer 7

A close up (CU)

Question 8

What shot is from the chest up?

Answer 8

A medium close up shot (MCU)

Question 9

Why do directors use medium close-up shots?

Answer 9

1) Standard approach
2) Show viewer facial expressions and emotions
3) Retain some of the background