Film Studies

Question 1

Optical Illusion

Answer 1

Something that deceives the eye

Question 2

Persistence of Vision

Answer 2

After the object is removed, it remains in the eye (a type of optical illusion)

Question 3

Zoetrope

Answer 3

Pre-film animation device

Question 4

Magic Lantern

Answer 4

Early type of image projector

Question 5

Flip Book

Answer 5

A booklet with a series of images, when flipped, seems like the picture is moving

Question 6

Mise en Scene

Answer 6

A french term for “staging” - described everything in the filmed image

Question 7

Long shot

Answer 7

Short from a distance

Question 8

Extreme long shot

Answer 8

Short from an even greater distance

Question 9

Full Shot

Answer 9

Shot where the subject fills the frame

Question 10

Close up

Answer 10

Frames a person or object

Question 11

Extreme close up

Answer 11

Really close to a specific thing

Question 12

Medium shot

Answer 12

Shot from the subject knees to head - upper body

Question 13

Bird’s Eye View shot

Answer 13

Highest possible angle

Question 14

Point of view shot

Answer 14

Shows a character’s perspective

Question 15

Over-the-shoulder shot

Answer 15

Shows a convo between two people - from over one person’s shoulder

Question 16

Classic

Answer 16

A work of art of recognized and established value.

Question 17

Psychic

Answer 17

Relating to the soul or mind

Question 18

Exorcism

Answer 18

Cast a demon out of a person - ritual

Question 19

Poltergeist

Answer 19

A “noisy spirit” - unseen

Question 20

Take

Answer 20

A single recording of a shot

Question 21

Shot

Answer 21

A piece of film run through a camera (uninterrupted)

Question 22

Allusion

Answer 22

Reference to something (literary, mythological, historical)

Question 23

Editor

Answer 23

The person who determines the final film contents

Question 24

Director

Answer 24

Directs the making of the film

Question 25

Producer

Answer 25

Finances and supervises the film

Question 26

Cinematography

Answer 26

Techniques used to manipulate a camera

Question 27

Setting

Answer 27

Time/place a story occurs

Question 28

Synopsis

Answer 28

Short description of the film

Question 29

Hero

Answer 29

The admired character - noble qualities

Question 30

Plot

Answer 30

Dramatic events or actions that make up the film.

Question 31

Catharsis

Answer 31

The process that attracts people to scary stories.

Question 32

Morbid fascination

Answer 32

The human need to understand - curiosity

Question 33

Tribal Rite of passage theory

Answer 33

Conquering fears using horror films

Question 34

Excitation Transfer Theory

Answer 34

The increase in a person’s heart rate, blood pressure, etc. because of a horror film