Movie Terminology

Question 1

mise-en-scene

Answer 1

placing on stage 
3 categories:
design
acting
composition

Question 2

Elements of Design

Answer 2

setting, set design, décor, props, costume, makeup, hairstyle design

Question 3

Acting

Answer 3

how an actor delivers lines, move, and facial expressions

Question 4

Composition

Answer 4

the way in which each frame or shot is similar to a 2D work of art

Question 5

Rule of Thirds

Answer 5

foreground, middle ground, background

Question 6

Cinematography

Answer 6

choices made regarding how the action of a movie is filmed

Question 7

Eye-level

Answer 7

looking straight at the characters

Question 8

Low angle

Answer 8

camera looks up at a character

Question 9

high angle

Answer 9

camera looks down at a character

Question 10

Dutch or oblique angle

Answer 10

camera films a character diagonally

Question 11

aerial/bird’s eye view

Answer 11

camera films straight down

Question 12

low key lighting

Answer 12

produces sharp contrasts between light and dark

Question 13

high key lighting

Answer 13

mutes differences between lights and darks

Question 14

editing

Answer 14

process of linking pieces of exposed film shots together

Question 15

continuity editing

Answer 15

system of editing which smooths the movement from shot to shot

Question 16

shot/reverse shot

Answer 16

the moving back and forth between filming the faces of the characters who are looking at each other

Question 17

match-on-action

Answer 17

one shot depicting an action is followed by another which continues or completes the action

Question 18

graphic match

Answer 18

the compositions of consecutive shots mimic each other

Question 19

eye-line match

Answer 19

character looks off screen and in the next shows what the character is looking at

Question 20

fades

Answer 20

the screen gradually goes black and gradually lightens in the next shot

Question 21

dissolves

Answer 21

two shots overlap one another momentarily

Question 22

wipes

Answer 22

one shot pushes the other out of the way

Question 23

iris shot

Answer 23

screen becomes a circle that becomes increasingly smaller, generally around a specific character, until the screen becomes dark followed by a small circle that opens up to the full screen

Question 24

freese frame

Answer 24

single frame is reproduced multiple times so the action appears to stop or freeze

Question 25

split screen

Answer 25

two shots are projected simultaneously

Question 26

sound

Answer 26

became part of movies in the 1920s

Question 27

music and emotion

Answer 27

first sound for films

Question 28

diegetic sound

Answer 28

those that take place within the narrative world of a film (the sounds characters can hear)

Question 29

non-diegetic sound

Answer 29

sounds outside the narrative world of a film (the audience can hear but characters cannot hear)