M2: Central Techniques of the Cinema

Question 1

consists of joining one shot of a scene to a shot of another, both having a logical connection.

Answer 1

Cutting (Montage or Editing)

Question 2

shooting of pictures of objects or scenes and joining them together to produce a particular sense or meaning.

Answer 2

montage

Question 3

enables the director to show only the scenes the story requires to further its action and provide variety. It helps him eliminate unwanted scenes. He sometimes takes several shots of a particular scene and selects only of those that are important to his story. He uses cutting to build up a picture of an object, an action, or a person. Cutting can also make space seem larger.

Answer 3

Montage

Question 4

The juxtapositions made by ____ are readily accepted because most often cutting is made invisible. The director makes use of ___- sp that we are hardly aware of changes from shot to shot; or if he so desires, he can make these transitions from one shot to another very obvious to emphasize the changes.

Answer 4

cutting, transitions

Question 5

Some of these transition devices are:

Answer 5

fade, dissolve, iris-in-iris-out, turn-over

Question 6

shows the old image gradually fading out and a brief period of darkness comes to the screen before the new scene gradually becomes invisible. It is used to show a change of time and a change of place.

Answer 6

fade

Question 7

sometimes called mix, involves the superimposition of the last portions of the previous shot over the nascent portions of the next shot to show two events happening at the same time.

Answer 7

dissolve

Question 8

a favorite device in silent movies, involves fades from the edges of the screen to the center after which the image grows in a widening circle from the center of the screen.

Answer 8

Iris-in-iris-out

Question 9

shows the whole screen turning over and continuing to the other side.

Answer 9

turn-over

Question 10

A change of view may be made by the continuous movement of the camera while shooting instead of switching from one shot to another. ______helps us experience the gradual growth or ideas or emotions.

Answer 10

Camera movement

Question 11

If the whole camera is moved bodily while taking pictures of a scene, a _____is taken.

Answer 11

tracking shot

Question 12

The camera may move forward, backward, vertically, diagonally, or horizontally. It may start off with a long shot of a scene and then move forward, closer to the object, for further concentration.

Answer 12

camera movement

Question 13

If the camera is kept in the same place but turned on its axis, the movement is called _____. In a _______what is to come is unknown and what is left behind is gone.

Answer 13

panning, panning shot

Question 14

Camera movement gives rise to _____ The camera may be moved in such a way as to create a familiar experience.

Answer 14

transference effects.

Question 15

A _____ may be given by camera movement, too. With panning, the camera may catch the expressions, attitudes, movements, or conversations of characters as they react to a particular person or situation.

Answer 15

subjective effect

Question 16

The picture in a film is a fixed rectangle which shows only a fragment of reality. Because of the cinema’s limitations, the director has to choose, isolate, or limit the subject or show only that which is significant.

Answer 16

framing

Question 17

_____ brings about the balance and unity that one sees in a film for it is used as the basis of the design. It can give a highly dramatic effect and can capture and hold the audience’s attention.

Answer 17

Framing