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What are purposes of visual techniques?

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-Establish a context or location
-emphasize an element or character
Emphasize a plot detail

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What is static art?

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Still images

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What is sequential art?

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Images which move form frame to frame

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What is film study?

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Study of moving image which is filmed

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What’s a shot?

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Continuous unedited piece of film of any length

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What’s a scene?

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A series of shots edited together

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What’s a sequence ?

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Series of scenes edited together r

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What’s parallel action?

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Crosscuts between 2 or more separate actins to create the illusion that they are occurring simultaneously

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What’s objective camera?

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POV of spectator watching from outside the scene

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What’s subjective camera?

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POV from character directly involved in the action

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What is off screen?

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Words heard with actor outside of cameras view

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What’s voice over?

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Words spoken of screen and heard over visual shots

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What’s a blocking shot/scene?

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Figuring out where everything goes

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What’s the hook?

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Opening sequence that catches the audience’s attention

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What’s a caption?

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Printed lines of text at the bottom of the screen

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What does mise-en-scene mean?

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Placing on stage

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What is mise-en-scene

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Everything in the frame of a static or moving image

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What does mise-en-scene include?

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-Lighting,props,setting
-how space is used to have symbolic meaning or dramatic effect
-every choice is purposeful

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What’s an extreme long shot?

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Shows landscape or view of the whole world, town, or city

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What’s a long shot?

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Subjects whole body along with entire area of action

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What’s the purpose of a long shot?

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-establish a setting
-introduce main characters
-indicate emotional separation

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What’s a full shot?

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Shows subject head to toe

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What’s a medium (mid) shot?

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Shows subject from mid shin or mid thigh up

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What the purpose of a mid shot?

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Emphasize relationship between characters
-separate characters form background

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What’s a close shot?

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Subject is shown from waist up

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What’s a close up shot?

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-Focuses on subjects face, shows head & shoulders
-may focus on a small object

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What’s the purpose of a close up shot?

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For emphasis

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What’s an extreme close up shot?

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Singles out a portion of the face or isolates a detail

Often used as a cut in

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What’s the purpose of an extreme close up shot?

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-Call attention to key elements for symbolic significance
-intensity and expression

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What’s a tracking or dolly shot?

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Single continuous shot made with a camera moving along the ground usually on a dolly

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What’s an Aerial shot?

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Filmed from a plane, helicopter, kite, balloon, anything in the air, most commonly on a drone

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What’s a crane shot?

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A crane is used to lift the camera above the action looking down on it

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What’s an arc shot?

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Subject is filmed by encircling or moving camera

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What’s a boom shot?

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Shot made from a pole which as a camera suspended from it

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What’s an establishing it master shot?

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Shows overall view of a location or all the actors in the scene

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What’s a hand held shot?

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Camera is held by hand

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What’s the purpose of a hand held shot?

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-create sense of anxiety and confusion
-involve audience in scene with characters
-add realism to scene

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What’s a reactions shot?

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Medium shot that shows subjects reaction to an event

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What’s a Shot /reverse shot?

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Shows two people talking and listening to each other

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What’s an over the shoulder shot?

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Characters POV but includes part of that characters shoulder

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What’s a Birds Eye view angle?

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Camera is virtually on top of the subject, looking straight down

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What is a high angle?

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Camera shoots down at the subject

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What’s the purpose of a high angle?

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-increase vulnerability
-shows powerlessness
-shows small size

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What’s a low angle?

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Camera shoots up at the subject

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What’s the purpose of a low angle?

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-shows large size
-shows power
-used to inspire

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What’s a straight/flat angle ?

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Camera is eye level

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What’s the purpose of a straight/flat angle?

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Shows equality, sincerity, honesty between subject and audience

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What’s a Dutch angle and what are 2 other words for it?

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Oblique or canted angle

Shot by tilting the camera frame off its normal vertical axis

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What’s the purpose of a Dutch/canted/oblique angle ?

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-creates confusion and disorientation
-strange mood
-subjective viewpoint
-suggest a symbolic imbalance

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What’s a wide angle?

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Greater panorama without having to move camera

51
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What fish eye lens?

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Creates Exaggerated linear distortion, looks like looking into a mirrored glass ball

52
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What does breaking the fourth wall create?

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Humorous, clever, personal, or disturbed scene

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What are transitions?

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Connect one scene to another

54
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What’s a bridging shot?

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Used to “bridge A jump in time, place or other discontinuity

55
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What’s a cut?

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End of the shot

56
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Whats a jump cut?

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Cut that visually jars or disturbs viewers, making a break in the continuity of the scene

57
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What’s a cut away?

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A shot inserted into a master/establishing shot to focus on elements of the scene

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What’s cross cutting?

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Cutting back and fourth between two scenes to create the the impression they are happening at the same time

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What’s a fade in/ fade out?

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Going from black to the scene or going from the scene to black

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What’s dissolve?

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One image gradually fades in while another fades out so for a few seconds they bleed into each other (superimposed)

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What’s match cut dissolve?

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Audio or visual transition. That’s used elements from previous scene to transition

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What’s match on action ?

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Connects two shots by having a character in the first shot start and action and have the character in the second shot finish the action

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What’s a graphic match?

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Connects two shots by having an object in one shot connect to a similar or same object in the second shot

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What’s a colour graph match cut dissolve?

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Connects two shots cut together by having a key colour in one shot connect to the similar colour in a second shot

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What’s a symbolic graph match cut dissolve?

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Connects shots by having a significant object in one shot connect symbolically to a dissimilar object in a second shot

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What’s an audio match cut dissolve ?

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Connects two shots by having sounds connect to a second shot

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What’s superimposed?

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Overlay one shot over another shot, two or more images can be seen at the same time (overlapping)

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What’s a wipe?

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One shot wipes across the screen to replace another

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What’s an iris in/out?

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Shot goes from full frame to focusing on small circle with everything else blacked out

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What’s an eyeline match?

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Cut between two shots where the character in first shot looks at something in the second shot

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What’s continuity editing?

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Editing shots together to create a seamless flow of action

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What’s montage editing?

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Editing shots together without a seamless flow. It requires the audience to create their own connections

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What’s bookends?

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Denoting scenes at the beginning and end of the film that complement each other and help tie a film together

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What’s defocus?

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Take a shot out of focus

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What’s shallow focus?

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Focus is clear and only one plane. The rest of the image is blurred.

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What kind of depth of field does shallow focus have?

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Narrow

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What’s deep focus?

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All areas from foreground to background are in focus

78
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What kind of depth of field does deep focus have

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Wide

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What’s soft focus?

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Slightly blurred shot

(Romantic, nostalgic or dreamlike

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What’s rack focus ?

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On screen, focus change from an object in the foreground to an object in the background, or vice versa in a single shot

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What’s pan?

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Camera moves from side to side

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What’s tilt?

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Movement up or down

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What’s tracking?

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Camera moves smoothly to follow a moving object or person

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What’s zoom in?

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Magnifies the subject, while the camera remains stationary

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What’s zoom out?

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Minimizes the subject, while the camera remains stationary

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What’s push in?

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Camera physically moves closer on a dolly usually rapidly

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What’s pull back?

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Camera zoom out or physically pull back if often usually rapidly

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What’s static ?

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Subject stays in the same position

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What’s tail away ?

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Subject walks away from the camera

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What’s head on?

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Subject moves towards the camera

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What’s freeze frame?

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All movement on screen stops

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What is the purpose of slow motion?

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-Implies strength, power
-gives the feeling that something terrible is happening and audience is helpless
-used in dream sequences
may be symbolic.

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What’s the purpose of fast motion?

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Create a comic effect, frenzy or confusion

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What’s high key lighting?

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Brightly lit, most common lighting style in Hollywood

95
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What’s high contrast lighting and what’s another word for it

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Chiaroscuro lighting

Harsh lines of light and dark elements may be used for symbolic, intent, or to establish an uneasy/nervous mood

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What’s low-key lighting?

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Many shadows and directed pools of light to create atmosphere, and suspense, suggests a sense of

97
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What’s backlighting and its purpose ?

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Illumination coming from behind the subject

More dramatic, more angelic, a hero

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What’s side lighting and its purpose ?

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Illumination coming from the side of the subject

Suggest ambiguity ,suggest a psychological self division

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What’s unmotivated lighting?

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Intense, bright light from an unseen, impossible source

Can distract/puzzle the audience

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What’s motivated lighting?

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Light from an explainable source

Keeps audience engaged in story
line

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What’s diffused light?

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Light source is reflected, providing a softer, lower contrast image

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What’s ambient light?

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Natural light

103
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What’s diegetic sound?

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Any sound that could logically be heard by a character

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What’s internal diegetic?

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Sounds that only one character can hear

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What’s non diegetic ?

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Sounds from a source outside the storyline

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What’s ambient sounds ?

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Refers to any sounds that are used to establish a location

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What’s pitch?

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High, medium, low

108
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What’s tempo?

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Fast or slow

109
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What’s volume ?

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Loud or soft

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What’s asynchronous ?

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Audio track sounds are mismatched/out of conjunction with images shown

111
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What’s score ?

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Music written for film, typically for the beginning and end of the movie

112
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What associates with the colour red?

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Urgency, excitement, love, passion, heat, sexual attraction, blood, strength, speed, danger, warning

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What associates with the colour blue?

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Calmness, wholesomeness, truth, dignity, power, coolness, trust, reliability, belonging, melancholy

114
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What associates with the colour yellow?

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Cowardice, friendliness, happiness, warmth, welcoming

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What associates with the colour green?

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Freshness, nature, growth, health, environment, money/greed, envy

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What associates with the colour purple?

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Power, royalty, dignity, sophistication, intelligence, morning, spirituality

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What associates with the colour orange ?

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Nature, homeliness, warmth, vibrant, playfulness

118
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What associates with the colour brown?

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Homeliness, warmth, decay, destruction, lack of growth

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What associates with white?

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Purity, innocence, cleanliness, freshness, emptiness

120
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What associates with the colour black

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Sophistication, elegance, mysterious, strength/power, threatening, morning, evil, Rebellion

121
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What is subsidiary details? 

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Where viewers eyes is drawn to after the point of focus

122
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What’s internal framing and what its purpose?

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A frame without a frame

Suggests imprisonment, protection, or isolation

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What’s directionality?

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Elements of the visual, direct the viewer to read the image in a particular way

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