Visual Literacy

Question 0

Describe a extreme close-up

Answer 0

Any part of the body or thing taken from close range for example take a picture of the eyes (a part of an object)

Question 1

There are 7 basic camera shots, what are they

Answer 1

1. extreme close-up
2. close-up
3. medium close-up
4. medium shot
5. medium long shot
6. long shot
7. extreme long shot

Question 2

Describe close-up

Answer 2

Top of the head to the neck (emotion)

Question 3

Describe medium close-up

Answer 3

Top of head to elbows (emotion)

Question 4

Describe median shot

Answer 4

Top of head to waist (captures hand movement)

Question 5

Describe medium long

Answer 5

Top of head to knee (captures arm movement)

Question 6

Describe long shot

Answer 6

Whole body (action)

Question 7

Describe extreme long shot

Answer 7

Whole body with scenery (setting)

Question 8

There are 4 different camera angles, what are they

Answer 8

1. Low angle
2. Normal eye-level angle
3. Birds eye view angle
4. High angle

Question 9

How do you identify a question

Answer 9

It will have a question mark(?) or will have the word who,why,when,what,where,how etcetera

Question 10

How do you identify a statement

Answer 10

It will be stating a subject ( I ate my vegetables )

Question 11

How do you identify an exclamation

Answer 11

It will have an exclamation mark (!)

Question 12

How do you identify a command

Answer 12

It will be telling you to do something

Question 13

Which prefixes mean not

Answer 13

Un
Dis
N
Mis
In
Im
Non

Question 14

To form nouns you can add

Answer 14

Er
Eer
Or
Ar
Ant
Ary
Ist
Age
Ness
Ry
Ment
Dom
Hood
Ty
Ure
Tion

Question 15

What are synonyms

Answer 15

Synonyms are words of the same or similar meaning

Question 16

What are antonyms

Answer 16

These are words of opposite meanings

Question 17

What do you use the following for:
Comma (,)
Semi-colon (;)
Colon(:)
Dash (_)
Hyphen (-)
Brackets (   )
Apostrophe (,)
Inverted commas ( "  " )
Ellipsis dots ( ... )

Answer 17

Comma: to separate items in a list
Semi colon: to join two clauses that relate to the same subject
Colon: to introduce a list
Dash: to introduce a list NB there is always a space before and after
Hyphen: to join words to make a compound word that is different
Brackets: separate extra information from the rest of the sentence
Apostrophe: to show omission( I’m ) and to show possession
Inverted comas: to show direct speech
Ellipsis dots: to show left out words and a dramatic pause