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Cinematography:distance

What is an extreme longshot

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  1. used as an establishing shot
  2. furthest distance from the subject
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Cinematography:distance

What is a long shot

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  1. shows the entire subject
  2. intends to place the subject in its surroundings
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Cinematography:distance

What is a medium longshot

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  1. When you cannot see the entire subject
  2. usually cut off at the bottom
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Cinematography:distance

What is a medium shot

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When the subject and the setting occupy roughly equal areas in the frame

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Cinematography:distance

What is a medium close up

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  1. When you can roughly see half of the subject
  2. with actors the frame passes through the waist
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Cinematography:distance

What is a close up

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  1. Typically from the shoulder up
  2. shows a small part of the scene in detail
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Cinematography:distance

What is a big close up

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  1. When the subject fills the screen
  2. focuses attention on a person’s feelings or reactions
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Cinematography:distance

What is an extreme close up

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  1. focus is on a section of the subject
  2. draws attention to a particular part
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Cinematography:angles

Whats the difference between a low angle and a high angle

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  1. low angles are looking up
  2. high angles are looking down
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Cinematography:angles

What does an eye level show

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shot at the eye level of the subject

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Cinematography:angles

What is a worms shot

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a scene shot from directly below

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Cinematography:angles

What is a birds eye shot

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a scene shot from directly above

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Cinematography:angles

What does it mean to be canted

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the camera is tilted on its side

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Cinematography:angles

What does POV mean

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point of view

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Cinematography:movement

What is a pan

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when the camera swivels but stays in the same base position

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Cinematography:movement

What is a crab

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when the base positon of the camera is moved left and right

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Cinematography:movement

What is a track(ing shot)

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  1. when the camera is moved towards or away from the subject on tracks
  2. can follow the subject
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Cinematography:movement

What is a zoom

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When the camera doesn’t move but the lens is focusses whilst the picture is still being shown

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Cinematography:movement

What is a tilt

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a fixed vertical movement of the camera

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Cinematography:movement

What is a crane

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when the camera is actually moved up or down on a crane

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Cinematography:lighting

What are the attributes of low key lighting

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  1. created using only the key and back lights
  2. produces sharp contrasts of light and dark
  3. deep, distinct shadows/silhouettes are formed
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Cinematography:lighting

What are the attributes of high key lighting

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  1. more filler light are used
  2. lighting is natural and realistic to our eyes
  3. produces brightly lit sets or a sunny day
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Editing:transitions

When is a straight cut used

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  1. to aid in continuity
  2. invisible editing
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Editing:transitions

What does a dissolve do

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  1. highlights a connection between shots as one overlays another
  2. both are seen at the same time
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Editing:transitions

What does a fade do

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  1. fades to black (in/out) from an image to or from a black screen
  2. marks the end of something
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Editing:transitions

What is a wipe

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when one shot pushes another off screen

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Editing:transitions

What is a jump cut

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a jarring edit that cuts to different shot types of the same character or object

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Editing:transitions

What is a cut away

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when a shot is cut away to a reaction shot from within the same scene

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Editing:transitions

What is a shot reverse shot

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  1. a film conversation
  2. shot 1 to shot 2 back to shot 1
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Editing

What describe the pace of editing

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  1. fast cutting
  2. slow cutting
  3. flashbacks
  4. fast forward
  5. expansion of time (slow motion)
  6. elipsis of time (when parts of the narrative are removed to increase engagement)
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Editing

What is cross-cutting/paraller editing

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  1. cutting across scenes
  2. backwards and forwards
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Editing

What is a match on action

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cut on action to a matching action on screen

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Editing

What is an eyeline match

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when a character looks at something and we cut to what they were looking at

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Editing

What is a graphic match

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an edit from one shot to another of the same shape

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Editing

What is a montage

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  1. a series of shots used to display the passing of time
  2. ususally accompanied by a score or soundtrack
36
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Editing

What is a split screen

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when the screen shows two seperate scenes at once

37
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Sound

What is diegetic sound

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sound whose source is visible on screen or implied to be present at the action of filming

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Sound

What is non-diegetic sound

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  1. sound whose source is neither visible on screen nor has been implied to be present in the action
  2. represented as coming from a source outside story space
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Sound

What is direct address

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when sound directly addresses the camera

40
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Sound

What is a sound bridge

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sound or music that accompanies over two shots or scenes

41
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Sound

What are theme and stings

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a sudden piece of music that emphasises an action

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Sound

What is ambient sound

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atmospheric sound

43
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Sound

What is the difference between synchronus and asynchronous

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  1. synchronous matches the onscreen source
  2. asynchronous does not match whats happening onscreen
44
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Sound

What are sound effects

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sounds added as extra to the scene to enhance the action

45
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Sound

What are sound motifs

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reoccurring pieces of sound that exemplifies a theme or character

46
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Sound

What is parallel music

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music that matches the mood of the scene or action

47
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Sound

What is sound perspective

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the distance the sound seems to be coming from

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Sound

What is the score

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music made specifically for the film

49
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Sound

What is incidental music

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music/sound used to enhance an atmosphere/mood

50
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Sound

What is contrapuntal music

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music that doesn’t match the tone/mood of the scene/action

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