Questions from chapters 4-6 Flashcards
True or False: A character who pursues a goal and is the central figure of a story but has a dark and hostile nature is called an antagonist.
False
A movie’s ___________ consists of the specific actions and events that filmmakers select and the order in which they arrange those events.
plot
Omniscient narration offers __________ access to the narrative of a film.
unrestricted
Screen duration is the amount of time a shot is onscreen.
False
The amount of time that the implied story takes to occur is called the:
story duration
The elapsed time of those events within the story that the film explicitly presents is called the:
Plot duration
The inciting incident occurs when the protagonist faces their greatest obstacle
False
The total world of a film’s ____________ is called its ____________.
story; diegesis
What is a movie’s narrative?
the telling of a movie’s story
Which of the following is NOT an example of a nondiegetic element?
-subtitles
-dialogue
-voice-over narration
-score
dialogue
The cinematographer is also known as the
director of photography
The cinematographer is also known as the
director of photography
Although the director’s vision shapes a movie’s mise-en-scène, the cinematographer must make decisions about:
how to photograph the movie
A ______is the basic building block of a movie.
shot
The term for one camera position and everything associated with it is:
set up
Since 1968, almost all Hollywood feature films have used _______film stock.
color
Cinematographic properties of the shot controlled by the DP include the recording medium, lighting, and
lenses
A film stock’s “speed” refers to its
sensitivity to light
During production, the crew most closely associated with the camera consists of
the camera operator and the first and second assistant camerapersons (ACs).
The specialized digital format that compresses all pixel information into manageably sized files for editing and viewing is known as a
codec
When mixed together in varying degrees, the three primary additive colors, consisting of ________, can produce all the other colors in the spectrum.
red, green, and blue
The terms “long shot” and “medium shot” refer to
the implied distance between the camera lens and the subject being filmed
When framing a shot, cinematographers are limited by the aspect ratio, which is the
ratio of width of an image to it’sheight
When an extreme long shot is used to provide spatial context at the beginning of a scene, it is also known as
establishing shot
If you are a cinematographer and the director asks you to photograph just the lips of an actor, what type of shot is she asking for?
extreme close-up
One of the most difficult challenges cinematographers face when filming traditional two-dimensional imagery is
creating the illusion of depth
To visually imply a character’s power and superiority, the camera is traditionally placed at ________ in relation to that character.
a low angle
The vertical movement of a camera mounted to the head of a stationary tripod is a
tilt shot
A director chooses the frame when the characters in the story are restricted in their movements, often due to outside forces, such as social or economic background or a repressive government.
closed
The planning of the placement and movement of figures and camera is a process known as
blocking
In a ______shot, the camera is mounted on a wheeled platform to move smoothly along with the action.
dolly
