English Exam

Question 1

what is a close-up shot?

Answer 1

a type of camera shot size that is close to a person’s face or part of the body and adds emotion to a scene.

Question 2

what is an extreme close-up shot?

Answer 2

a camera shot that only shows the object’s eyes.

Question 3

what is a long shot?

Answer 3

a view of considerable distance, so that people appear as indistinct shapes.

Question 4

what is a full long shot?

Answer 4

a view from an even greater distance, in which people appear as small dots in the landscape if at all.

Question 5

what is a mid-shot?

Answer 5

a shot that only shows from the object’s waist up.

Question 6

what is an over-the-shoulder shot?

Answer 6

used to show a conversation back and forth between two subjects. it adds emotion to the scene.

Question 7

what is a two-shot?

Answer 7

shot of two people together.

Question 8

what is an point of view shot?

Answer 8

short scene that shows what a character is looking at.

Question 9

what is high angle?

Answer 9

a filming technique where the camera looks down at the subject from above.

Question 10

what is a low angle?

Answer 10

a filming technique taken from below the subject.

Question 11

what is a birds-eye view angle?

Answer 11

an overhead shot is when the camera is placed directly above the subject.

Question 12

what is an eye-level angle?

Answer 12

when the level of the camera is placed at the same height as the eyes of the characters in your frame.

Question 13

what is a tilt?

Answer 13

when the camera stays in a fixed position but rotates up/down in a vertical line.

Question 14

what does dollying mean?

Answer 14

when the camera moves towards, away from, or alongside your subject.

Question 15

what does tracking mean?

Answer 15

a shot in which the camera physically moves sideways, forward, or backward through the scene.

Question 16

what does arc mean?

Answer 16

a shot that orbits the camera around a subject in an arc pattern.

Question 17

what does zoom mean?

Answer 17

when the focal length of a camera lens is adjusted to give the illusion of moving closer or further away from the subject.

Question 18

what does hand-held mean?

Answer 18

a shot was taken with the camera being supported only by the operator’s hands and shoulder.

Question 19

who are Renxning’s parents?

Answer 19

Chongyi and Qianying

Question 20

who is Renxing’s grandfather?

Answer 20

Zhu Zhigen

Question 21

how does Rexning’s attitude change?

Answer 21

Renxing used to be obsessed with technology because that’s how she was raised but by spending time with her grandfather, she starts to realise how beautiful nature is. She trades in her iPad for a new bird to replace her grandfather’s old one because it had died.

Question 22

what is Rexning’s relationship like with her parents?

Answer 22

Her parents rarely got time for her because of their jobs, and travelling the world. She is often left in the care of their nanny and their workers pick and drop her places instead of the parents.

Question 23

what was Rexning like at the start of the movie?

Answer 23

Rexning is selfish and spoilt. She was an attention seeker, dramatic and self-absorbed. She only focuses only her herself and no one else. She often fakes things for attention.

Question 24

what was her parents relationship like?

Answer 24

Her parents often fight and disagree about things like how they should treat Rexning. They both want the best for her but have different ways to display that. As the relationship goes downhill, the husband decides that they should finally get a divorce.

Question 25

what is the problem between the parents and the grandfather?

Answer 25

Rexning’s Father doesn’t like her Grandfather to take care of her because one time he accidentally lost her while out in public with her. Rexning’s Mother wants to leave the past in the past and move on to allow a greater bond between all of them. Rexning doesn’t really care about her grandfather and doesn’t engage with him. At the end of the film, the Grandfather was forgiven by both parents and Rexning.

Question 26

what does camera angle mean?

Answer 26

marks the specific location at which the movie camera or video camera is placed to take a shot.

Question 27

what does camera shot do?

Answer 27

film makers use different camera shots to
help tell a story.

Question 28

what does backlighting mean?

Answer 28

a light coming from behind the object in focus.

Question 29

what is key lighting?

Answer 29

key light is the main source of light in a video or photo.

Question 30

what is under lighting?

Answer 30

shines from under the character’s face, creating a sinister and creepy effect

Question 31

what is top lighting?

Answer 31

the light source is placed above the subject and shines downwards

Question 32

what is a PETAL paragraph

Answer 32

Point - explain your point
Evidence - provide evidence to support
Technique - explain the technique used in the shot
Analysis - extend in detail how techniques communicate a idea
Link - restate your point

Question 33

what is diegetic?

Answer 33

sound coming from the scene.

Question 34

what is non-diegetic?

Answer 34

outside the scene. added after

Question 35

what is a PEEL paragraph?

Answer 35

Point - state your main point that answers the question
Evidence - use an example from the text to show that your point is correct, e.g. a camera angle, camera shot, costume, symbol, or lighting.
Explain - why does the evidence support your main point – what does that particular camera angle show, or why has that lighting been used etc.
Link - pull your whole argument together by linking the above three ideas to the question to show why your point is good.