Production and Technique Key Words

Question 1

Frames

Answer 1

A single image that is part of a motion picture

Question 2

Shot

Answer 2

A series of unbroken frames

Question 3

Scene

Answer 3

Part of a film in a continuous location and timeframe

Question 4

Sequences

Answer 4

Several scenes that create an arc of the story

Question 5

Lighting

Answer 5

different types of lighting cause different emotions (eg. mood lighting vs chiaroscuro, expressive lighting)

Question 6

Types of Shots

Answer 6

Wide - Extreme Long Shot, Long Shot, Full Shot
Medium - Medium Full Shot, Medium Shot, Medium Close-Up
Close - Medium Close-Up, Close-Up, Extreme Close-Up
Plan Americain - The Cowboy Shot

Question 7

Pans

Answer 7

When a camera turns showing more of the scene

Question 8

Dissolve

Answer 8

A gradual transition from one image to another

Question 9

Fade in/out

Answer 9

A transition to or from an image, generally via black

Question 10

Cuts

Answer 10

Like a Blink, transitioning from one shot to the next quickly

Question 11

Jump Cuts

Answer 11

Many quick cuts between shots

Question 12

The 180 degree Camera

Answer 12

When filming, do not cross the 180 deg that the two main characters in the shot make, this helps maintain continuity in scenes

Question 13

Montage

Answer 13

French for editing / when shots/scenes are edited together

Question 14

The Montage of Attractions

Answer 14

when you put two images together, a third meaning independent of each image is created - Sergei Eisenstein

Question 15

Storyboards

Answer 15

are used to plan a movie in preproduction, allowing everyone to visualize what the finished product will look like

Question 16

Orthochromatic

Answer 16

Film that is only sensitive to green and blue light, shows in B&W

Question 17

Panchromatic 1910

Answer 17

Film renders all colors in shades of grey

Question 18

Technicolor

Answer 18

The threestrip process was introduced in 1932 but didn’t boom till the 1950’s allowed COLOR! Made by Herbert Kalmus and Daniel Comstock at MIT

Question 19

Single play

Answer 19

A stand-alone program, not connected to a regularly scheduled series.

Question 20

Anthology

Answer 20

A collection of disparate, standalone programs organized under a title in a regularly scheduled framework.

Question 21

Series

Answer 21

A continuous episodic program, with an ongoing situation and characters, but a plot that usually reaches closure at the end of each episode or set of episodes.

Question 22

Serial

Answer 22

A continuous episodic program with a plot that carries over from episode to episode, whether for a fixed duration or as an open-ended narrative that may run for years or decades