Film Terminology

Question 1

Depth of Field

Answer 1

Range of clear focus on shot

Question 2

Chiaroscuro

Answer 2

Effect of contrasted light

Question 3

Subjective Camera

Answer 3

Camera takes on P.O.V of character

Question 4

Focus Pull

Answer 4

Alternating between deep and shallow focus

Question 5

Deep focus

Answer 5

Focusing on background

Question 6

Shallow focus

Answer 6

Focusing on foreground

Question 7

Dolly camera movement

Answer 7

Camera physically moves closer to the subject

Question 8

Camera zoom

Answer 8

Camera zooms in without physically moving

Question 9

Crane camera movement

Answer 9

Camera lowered into action

Question 10

Ped camera movement

Answer 10

Camera on pedestal: physically moves up and down

Question 11

Track camera movement

Answer 11

Camera on rails - moves along with action

Question 12

Crab camera movement

Answer 12

Camera moves horizontally and keeps stopping, like crab walk

Question 13

Canted angle

Answer 13

Camera on an angle

Question 14

Eye-level shot

Answer 14

Shot level with subject’s eye

Question 15

Birds eye shot

Answer 15

Shot from far above subject

Question 16

Worms eye shot

Answer 16

Shot from ground

Question 17

Expressive miss-en-scene

Answer 17

Setting, props, costume and makeup effectively conveys thought and feeling

Question 18

Naturalistic mise-en-scene

Answer 18

Setting, props, costume and makeup closely imitates real life

Question 19

Disequilibrium

Answer 19

Period of instability/insecurity in narrative

Question 20

Iconography

Answer 20

Objects within film used to evoke particular meanings

Question 21

Kuleshov effect

Answer 21

Film editing effect: viewer derives more meaning from interaction between 2 sequential shots than 1 on it’s own

Question 22

Ambient sound

Answer 22

Background sounds in scene/location

Question 23

Foley sound

Answer 23

Reproducing sound effects to be added in post

Question 24

Contrapuntal Sound

Answer 24

Sound/music used contrasts with scene

Question 25

Asynchronous sound

Answer 25

Sound where source not see

Question 26

Method acting

Answer 26

Actor lives life as character until end of filming for authentic performance

Question 27

Cross dissolve

Answer 27

One shot fades into another

Question 28

Fade

Answer 28

Shot fades to black or white

Question 29

180 degree rule

Answer 29

Only film from one side of the scene, otherwise it flips

Question 30

Eyeline Match

Answer 30

Shows character looking at something, then what they’re looking at

Question 31

Match on action

Answer 31

Carry action across from 1 cut to another

Question 32

Verisimilitude

Answer 32

How close text is to reality

Question 33

Jump cuts

Answer 33

Remove frames from continuity sequences, breaking it -> jumpy

Question 34

Freeze Frame

Answer 34

Stops for moment

Question 35

Montage Editing

Answer 35

Short cuts demonstrate progress of character over time