Video Production Skills

Question 1

What are Block’s 7 Components?

Answer 1

Space, Line, Shape, Color, Tone, Movement, Rhythm

Question 2

Rule of Thirds

Answer 2

Aligning a subject with the guide lines and their intersection points, placing the horizon on the top or bottom line, or allowing linear features in the image to flow from section to section

Question 3

Wide Shot

Answer 3

• Show whole body/space
• Establishes scene
• Master shot (entire dramatized scene from start to finish showing everyone from same angle)

Question 4

Medium Shot

Answer 4

• Shows subject waist up
• Allows connection with subject while providing room for gestures
• Most used

Question 5

Medium Close Up

Answer 5

• Shows part of subject

- Focuses attention to details

Question 6

Close Up

Answer 6

• Shows enlarged view of subject
• Draws attention to details
• Adds emotion

Question 7

Bust Shot

Answer 7

• Shows subject from chest up
• Intimate view of subject
• Focuses attention on face

Question 8

What is an OTS?

Answer 8

Over the shoulder shot

Question 9

Pan

Answer 9

• Move to see L/R of screen
• Reveals setting, people, objects
• Conceals
• Sweeps across subject wider than screen
• Shows relationship between two subjects
• Horizontal

Question 10

Tilt

Answer 10

• Shows what is above/below screen
• Reveals part of vertical subject
• Useful for tall objects
• Can add suspense/surprise
• Vertical

Question 11

Zoom

Answer 11

• NOT a camera move
• Optical move in lens
• “Variable Focal Length”
• Changes focus
• Magnify subject without moving camera

Question 12

Dolly/Truck

Answer 12

• Camera moves in/out and L/R on track or wheels
• Different effect from zoom and pan
• Movement of object
• Crane
• Combinations

Question 13

Handheld

Answer 13

• Use body as stabilizing
• Avoid CU, zooms, movement
• Great for getting camera right into action

Question 14

High Camera Angle

Answer 14

Held above

Question 15

Low Camera Angle

Answer 15

Held below or at ground level

Question 16

Medium Camera Angle

Answer 16

Eye level or level of object

Question 17

Bird’s Eye Camera Angle

Answer 17

On top of, looking straight down

Question 18

Canted/Dutch Camera Angle

Answer 18

• Leans to side, not level

- Used to show chaos

Question 19

Camera Controls

Answer 19

• Focus
• Exposure/Aperture (letting in light)
• Shutter Speed
• Color

Question 20

Focus

Answer 20

• Zoom all the way in
• Focus Eyes
• Zoom out

Question 21

Exposure/Aperture

Answer 21

• Amount of light allowed through lens
• F/stops on camera
• Iris/Aperture indicates how open or closed lens may be

Question 22

F/Stops

Answer 22

1.2, 2, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16

Question 23

Shutter Speed

Answer 23

• Length of time lens stays open

- Amount of time light enters

Question 24

Short Shutter Speed

Answer 24

• Less light
• Sharper image
• 1/4 second

Question 25

Longer Shutter Speed

Answer 25

- More light - More blur - 2 seconds

Question 26

Color

Answer 26

- White balance - White light broken down to RGB - Allows for accurate rep of all colors on spectrum

Question 27

Match Cut

Answer 27

Combining 2 shots of different angle and composition so that the action continues from one to the other in the same place and time

Question 28

Jump Cut

Answer 28

Combining 2 shots that are similar so the subject jumps from one part of screen to another (discontinuity)

Question 29

Cutaway

Answer 29

Insert shot, b-roll, CU to reveal action; Covers jump cuts

Question 30

Transitions

Answer 30

- Fade In/Out - Dissolve - Evokes emotion, shift in time, rhythm