Technical Aspects

Question 1

What are the three camera angles?

Answer 1

High angle, low angle and eye level

Question 2

What is a high angle shot and what does it achieve?

Answer 2

When the camera is positioned above the subject, looking down at an angle. This angle makes the subject appear smaller, powerless and more vulnerable.

Question 3

What is a low angle shot and what does it achieve?

Answer 3

When the camera is positioned below eye level, looking up. It implies a sense of power and dominance.

Question 4

What is an eye level shot?

Answer 4

The most commonly used camera angle in film and television. The characters appear at eye level.

Question 5

What are some ways which a camera can move?

Answer 5

Forward/backward tracking shot, tilting shot, panning shot, zoom.

Question 6

What is a tracking shot?

Answer 6

When the camera moves alongside the object that’s being recorded

Question 7

What is a tilting shot?

Answer 7

When the camera stays in a fixed position but rotates up/down on a vertical plane.

Question 8

What is a panning shot?

Answer 8

When the camera stays in a fixed position but rotates side to side on a horizontal plane.

Question 9

What is a zooming shot?

Answer 9

When the camera changes from a long shot to close up (or vice versa).

Question 10

What are the 8 camera shots?

Answer 10

Extreme long shot (ELS), long shot (LS), medium long shot (MLS), medium shot (MS), medium close up (MCU), close up (CU), big close up (BCU), extreme close up (ECU).

Question 11

What’s an extreme long shot?

Answer 11

Wide view of complete setting

Question 12

What’s a long shot?

Answer 12

Closer than ELS, a complete setting but a human would be visible.

Question 13

What’s a medium long shot?

Answer 13

A shot of the setting, but more information is available eg. Shot of human above the knees

Question 14

What’s a medium shot?

Answer 14

Closer in to subject, a bit less setting, eg. You can see above a human waist.

Question 15

What’s a medium close up?

Answer 15

A shot which frames the subject comfortably eg. Only human head and shoulders

Question 16

What is a big close up?

Answer 16

A shot that’s very close to the subject, eg. Only the face.

Question 17

What’s an extreme close up?

Answer 17

A shot which only shows a portion of the subject. eg. the eyes

Question 18

What are the two types of sound in media?

Answer 18

Diegetic sound and non diegetic sound

Question 19

What is diegetic sound?

Answer 19

A sound that originated from a source within the film (in the world of the characters)
eg. dialogue, footsteps etc.
Actual Sound

Question 20

What is non diegetic sound?

Answer 20

A sound with a source that is outside the story space and that is added post production process.
eg. Mood music, sound FX, narration.

Question 21

What are the three forms of lighting?

Answer 21

Key light, fill light and back light

Question 22

What is the key light?

Answer 22

The main source of light in the shot

Question 23

What is the fill light?

Answer 23

The supplementary light used not to change mood, but to simply lighten shadows.

Question 24

What is the back light and it’s purpose?

Answer 24

The light coming from behind the subject.

It often obscures the subject and creates a sense of menace.

Question 25

What is Mise en scene?

Answer 25

Mise en scene is a French term meaning, what is put into a scene or frame. Each aspect of Mise en scene has hidden meanings within a film and sends signals to the audience about how we are supposed to feel at a certain point.

Question 26

What are the five elements of Mise en scene?

Answer 26

Setting and props 
Costume, hair and makeup
Facial expressions and body language 
Positioning of characters and objects within a frame 
Lighting and colour

Question 27

What is low key lighting?

Answer 27

Low key lighting is created by using only the key and black lights. It produces sharp contrasts of light and dark areas and causes deep and distinct shadows/silhouettes.
For example: horror movie

Question 28

What is high key lighting?

Answer 28

High key lighting is when more filler lights are used. The lighting is natural and realistic to our eyes. It produces brightly lit sets or a sunny day.
For example: rom coms

Question 29

What are the two types of lighting?

Answer 29

Low key lighting and high key lighting.

Question 30

What effects does lighting and colour achieve?

Answer 30

Highlights importance within the frame.
To reflect a characters mental state/hidden emotions.
To make characters look mysterious by shading sections of their face and body.

Question 31

What is an opening sequence?

Answer 31

The introduction to the film. The opening sequence shows who and what the film is about, when and where it is set and why it is shown.

Question 32

What does COPS stand for?

Answer 32

Characters / Cause and effect
Opening sequences
Plot
Structure of time (linear/non linear)

– story elements

Question 33

What does CAMELS stand for?

Answer 33

Camera - Type, angles, movement 
Acting
Mise en scene 
Editing - visual and sound 
Lighting 
Sound - diegetic and non diegetic 

–production elements

Question 34

What does REET stand for?

Answer 34

Reception
Expectations
Engagement
Target audience

Question 35

What is reception?

Answer 35

Context in which the narrative is viewed. Reception refers to the physical environment in which film is watched and the technology that it is watched on. These effect understanding and audience response.

Question 36

What are expectations?

Answer 36

Our expectations are what we expect of the film. They are effected by our prior knowledge of the genre, familiarity with the directors and actors, and past experiences.

Question 37

What is engagement?

Answer 37

Engagement refers to what promotes the film to the audience. The production elements that have been used to get the audience engaged in the story and feel empathetic.

Question 38

What is cause and effect?

Answer 38

cause and effect is a story element that describes how narratives are organised in a causal chain.