Lecture Slides And Terminologies

Question 1

What is form in film?

Answer 1

The overall patterning of a film. The way it’s put together and the effect that has.

Question 2

What is style in film

Answer 2

These are the cinematic techniques used in film.

Question 3

What are some stylistic techniques used in film. There are 4

Answer 3

Misé en scene- blocking arrangements of people objects places
Cinematography - the cameras and machinery
Editing- how scenes are pieced together
Sound

Question 4

What is high concept?

Answer 4

A film with a really easy concept to grasp that also has very compelling premise

Question 5

What is a shot?

Answer 5

A shot is the fundamental unit of cinema/cinematography

Question 6

Tonality?

Answer 6

How light registers on an image

Question 7

Exposure and filters

Answer 7

Amount and quality of light that passes through the lens.

Question 8

What is toning and tinting’

Answer 8

Tinting: adding colour to lighter areas by soaking already developed film.
Toning: coloring darker areas of the frame during the developing process

Question 9

What are the 5 principles of form?

Answer 9

1) function 2) similarity and repitition 3) difference and variation 4) development 5) unity and disunity

Question 10

Give me 2 elements of similarity and repitition

Answer 10

1) motif 2) parallelism

Question 11

Narrative? What is it?

Answer 11

The art $ craft of constructing a story with a POV in mind.

Question 12

Plot?

Answer 12

The order that events are presented.

Question 13

Story

Answer 13

The raw material of the narrative. The backstory that motivates the character. The actual chronological order of events.

Question 14

What is depth of field?

Answer 14

depth of field: the range before and behind the central focus of the image
in which objects remain sharp and clear

Question 15

What is depth of field?

Answer 15

depth of field: the range before and behind the central focus of the image
in which objects remain sharp and clear

Question 16

‘name the 4 lenses and their focal lengths?

Answer 16

① wide angle=→25mm② normal angle 50mm ③ telephotolens 75mm ④ zoom focus focal lengths vary

Question 17

What are the types of focus their number of focus objects)

Answer 17

1. shallow focus—only a narrow range of the image is in focus.
   —typically one central site of meaning in the frame.
2. racking focus—focus shifts from one object to another in
   the frame (2 primary sites of meaning).
3. deep focus—multiple planes of the image are in focus
   (many potential sites of meaning