Terms Flashcards
frame
Aspect Ratio
Recording lots of shots of a scene in case certain shots do not work out
Coverage
Framing convention often used that favors one side over the other
Rule of Thirds
Using light to create form
Modeling
Something that appears throughout (word derived from music)
Motif
With serif (lines)
Serif
Without serif (without lines)
Sans Serif
Line that appears to go through the camera
Z-Axis
Cues that signal that something has depth
Depth Cues (Atmospheric Haze, Lighting, Size, Vanishing Point)
Filtering sound (notch a specific part of the sound spectrum)
Equalization (EQ)
Sound heard before a scene
J-Cut
Sound of first scene continues into another scene
L-Cut
Pictures turned into a movie, (ex. La Jetee)
Photo Montage
Point in the middle of a painting/photograph where lines converge
Vanishing Point
Drawing method that utilizes vanishing point, seen in classical renaissance paintings
One-Point Perspective
Artistic movement that uses multiple perspectives in paintings
Cubism
What someone sees
Point of View (POV)
Everything/almost everything is in focus
Deep Focus
Very little is in focus, picture can appear flat
Shallow Focus
Distance between the camera’s lens and sensor
Focal Length
Wide lens, takes in a wide field of view, small focal length
Wide Angle
Tighter lens, long focal lens, makes people appear closer, distortion
Telephoto
Distortion created by wide angle lenses where objects on the edges of the image appear curved
Wide Angle Distortion
French term for editing
Montage
Reds and Yellows
Warm Color Palette
Blues and Greens
Cool Color Palette
colors come from additive primary colors (cyan, magenta, and yellow)
Subtractive Primary Colors
Colors coming from the sun (red, green, and blue)
Additive Primary Colors
Adjusting to color temperature as cameras do not adjust to different light sources well
White Balance
Red: Cyan, Green: Magenta, Blue: Yellow, additive colors vs. subtractive colors
Opposite Colors
Vibrancy of colors, colors are vibrant
Saturation
Colors are less vibrant
Desaturation
Scale by which we determine how warm vs. cool light is, Warm vs. cool lighting (flourescent light vs. candlelight), measures in Kelvins
Color Temperature
Tigher (more frequent) = higher pitch, spread out (less frequent) = lower pitch
Wavelength
The pitch of (a) sound(s)
Frequency
Volume of the sound
Amplitude
Distinctive flavor that makes someones voice unique
Timbre
Subtle form of an echo
Reverb
Ex. a vinyl, sound is recorded as wavelengths
Analog recording
Ex. recorded on zoom microphone, sound is recorded as numbers
Digital Recording
The rate at which you record sound, high rate = good recording
Sample Rate
Voiceover, anything to do with voice
Dialogue
Score, source music
Music
Subtle and distinctive sound of a place, evokes mood
Ambience
Sound Effects
Subtle sound of a room
Room Tone
Music happening/shown in the scene
Source Music
To evoke continuity/discontinuity, emotional states, dramatic action
Motivated Camera Movement
Line governeed by an actor’s nose, ensures continuity and prevents viewers from feeling disoriented
180 Degree Line (Stage Line)
Where actors will be/move, ensures continuity
Screen Direction (Blocking)
Shooting from the opposite side of the previous shot
Shot/Reverse Shot
Matching Angles
Some detail in the scene you want to reveal
Insert
Ex. Cut to the source of a sound heard in the scene
Cutaway
Shooting a scene with the camera over a character’s shoulder
Over-the-Shoulder
Shooting a shot where something is blocking the shot
Dirty Single
Translating an emotional state, giving an actor a goal
Dramatic Action
Derived from acting, written in scripts to indicate when there are moments of redirection
Dramatic Beats
Choices made to complicate, engage, or deepen the audience’s understanding
Dramatic stakes and “raising the stakes”
Narrative twists vs. familiar narrative patterns
Jarring cut that is shot from a location that did not change much from the previous shot, evokes a sense of disontinuity, evokes a feeling that something is off
Jump Cut
Compositional headroom vs. sound headroom
Head Room
