Film Study

Question 1

What is a close up?

Answer 1

Face feels most of the frame

Question 2

What is a long shot?

Answer 2

All almost of the subject and much of surroundings. Full body is visible

Question 3

What is an establishing shot?

Answer 3

Places narrative and characters and location. Subjects are hardly visible and very small

Question 4

What is over the shoulder?

Answer 4

It is used to create sense that the audience is seeing is what is happening from the characters perspective.

Question 5

What is an eyelevel angle?

Answer 5

Neutral angle, same level as characters

Question 6

What is a low angle?

Answer 6

Places camera below the character.

Question 7

What is an editing technique?

Answer 7

Spacialisations refers to utilisation of editing techniques towards manipulating the order of time

Question 8

What is a cut?

Answer 8

Abrupt transition from one-shot to another. First being immediately replaced by second

Question 9

What is a dissolve?

Answer 9

Gradually change of scene. The end of one scene is superimposed over the beginning of the next one

Question 10

What is an edit?

Answer 10

To assemble a complete film from its various shots and soundtracks

Question 11

What is fade out/fade in?

Answer 11

Once in gradually goes dark wow the new one gradually emerges from the darkness

Question 12

What is a flashback?

Answer 12

sequence that goes back in time to show earlier story

Question 13

What is an intercut?

Answer 13

Act of cutting from one shot to the next to shot characters as they engage in dialogue

Question 14

What is a sound effect?

Answer 14

Imitate of sound is produced artificially

Question 15

What is the soundtrack?

Answer 15

All recorded sound of films such as dialogue, sound effects and music. This includes the accompanying of music or film scare

Question 16

What is special affects?

Answer 16

Covers many tricks of filmmaking. It cannot be achieved by direct photography

Question 17

There is subtitles?

Answer 17

Printed translation of dialogue of sign language.

Question 18

What is the title sequence?

Answer 18

Written material displayed on the screen at the beginning. The audience read it and provides name is involved in production

Question 19

The voice-over?

Answer 19

Voice of narrator heard on the tsoundrack

Question 20

What is a wipe?

Answer 20

Device used for quick changes of scene. Line appears on the age/corner of the screen and wife’s across as brings a new picture

Question 21

What is genre?

Answer 21

Type of class a film. Such as horror, science fiction, comedy, war,’s musical, Western, biography, drama, romance and action

Question 22

What is the plot?

Answer 22

the main storyline of the phone

Question 23

What is the screenplay?

Answer 23

A written description of the dialogue and action of a film

Question 24

What does the script?

Answer 24

Written words of the play dialogue

Question 25

What is a storyboard?

Answer 25

A series of drawings showing the scenes, shot by shot.

Question 26

What does the production designer overlooked?

Answer 26

The production designer overlooks Mise en Scene with DOP, screen writer and director

Question 27

Where does mise en scene originated from?

Answer 27

A French term - originates in theatre. put in scene

Question 28

What does mise en scene refer to?

Answer 28

Refers to everything that goes into composition of the shots.

Question 29

What does a close up shot focus on?

Answer 29

Focuses attention on the feelings/reactions. It is used to show in state of emotional excitement, grief, joy.

Question 30

What is an establishing shot used for?

Answer 30

It is used to open a film and present location to the audience.

Question 31

What does the over the shoulder shot make the audience feel?

Answer 31

It makes the audience feel emotionally involved as if they are there

Question 32

What does the low angle shot do?

Answer 32

Exaggerating importance. Amplifies superiority and sense of power

Question 33

Where are subtitles placed?

Answer 33

It is at the bottom of the screen

Question 34

What is an advantage of a storyboard?

Answer 34

Mapping out vision providing guide for shots saving time.

Question 35

What does the storyboard contain?

Answer 35

It need to contain the name of the shot and angle, decription of scene

Question 36

What does the composition include?

Answer 36

This includes composition itself, framing, movement of camera, characters, lighting, design, general visual environment, sound. It helps and elaborate composition