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What is a extreme long shot?

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Shows landscape or the view of the whole world, town, or a city: purpose- may be used as an establishing shot, emphasizes the vulnerability of a subject, establish the “awe-inspiring” mood

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What is a long shot?

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The whole body will be shown of the subject along with the entire area of action: purpose- establish setting, introduce main characters, indicate emotional separation

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What is a full shot?

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Showing the full subject with the feet at the bottom of the frames and the head at the top

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What is a mid shot?

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Shows subject from the mid-shin or the mid-thigh up: purpose- emphasize the relationship between two or more characters, separates characters from the background

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What is a close up?

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focuses on the subjects face. shows either head or head and shoulders may also focus on a small objects: purpose- for emphasis

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What is a close shot?

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The view is close to the action, subject is shown from the waist up

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What is a extreme close up?

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Singles out a portion of the face or isolates a detail, may magnify the image to the point of distortion: purpose- call attention to key elements often for symbolic significance, may intensify an emotion, create a horrific impression

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What is a tracking/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 is a POV shot?

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Framed from a particular character’s point of view, audience sees what the character sees

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What is a aerial shot?

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Filmed from a helicopter, plane, balloon, kite, or blimp

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What is a crane shot?

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Usually pan or tilt shot in which a crane is used to lift the camera above the action

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What is a arc shot?

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Subject is filmed by am encircling or moving camera

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What is a boom shot?

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Continuous single shot made from a plot which has a camera suspended from it

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What is a establishing/master shot?

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Shows the overall view of a location or all the actors in the scene: purpose- establish the relationship of details which will be emphasized in later shots

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What is a hand held shot?

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Camera is held by hand: purpose- create an sense if anxiety and confusion, to involve the audience directly in the scene with the character, add realism to the scene

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What is a reaction shot?

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A medium shot which shows reaction to an event

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What is a shot/reverse shot?

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Two shots commonly linked, frequently used to show two people talking and listening to each other

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What is a birds eye view?

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Camera is placed virtually on top of the subject looking down towards the subject and the ground

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What is a high angle?

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Camera shoots down at the subjects: purpose- used to increase vulnerability, shows powerlessness or decrease size

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What is a low angle?

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Camera shoots up at the subject: purpose- used to increase size, power, or status or subject, used to inspire awe

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What is a flat/straight angle?

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Camera is at eye-level and on the same plane as the object: purpose- communicates as sense of equality, sincerity and honestly between the character and the audience

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What is a wide angle?

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Offers a greater panorama without having to pan or move the camera

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What is a dutch angle?

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Tilting the camera frame off of its normal vertical axis and making subjects look askew: purpose- creates a sense of disorientation, emphasizes a strange mood, suggests a subjective viewpoint, could suggests a symbolic unbalance

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What is a fisheye angle?

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It is like looking into a mirrored glass ball, creates an exaggerated linear distortion

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What is defocus?

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To deliberately take a shot out of focus

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What is shallow focus?

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Focus is clear in only one place the rest is blurred

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What is deep focus?

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All areas from foreground to background are in focus

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What is soft focus?

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A slightly blurred shot to make the subject seem more attractive, romantic, nostalgic, or dreamlike

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What is rack focus?

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An on screen focus change from a object in the foreground to an object in the background or vice versa to direct, shift, and steer the attention of the viewer

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What is high-key lighting?

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Most shots in the film are brightly lit, few shadows

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What is high-contrast lighting?

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The arrangements of harsh lines of light and dark elements may be used for symbolic intent or to establish an easy mood

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What is low-key lighting?

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Uses shadows and directed pools of light to create atmosphere and suspense/mystery

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What is back lighting?

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Illumination coming from behind the subject to increase its presence in a dramatic way

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What is side lighting?

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Illumination coming from the side of the subject making the point of focus half-lit: purpose- to suggest ambiguity, suggest a psychological self-division

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What is top lighting?

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Lighting a subject from above: purpose- to create a “halo” effect

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What is under lighting?

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Lighting a subject from below: purpose- to make the subject sinister and threatening

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What is unmotivated lighting?

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Intense, bright light from an unseen, impossible source illuminating the point of focus

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What is motivated lighting?

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Light is from an explained source

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What is diffused lighting?

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The light source is reflected rather than direct providing a softer lower contrast image

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What is ambient lighting?

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The natural light or surrounding light around a subject in a scene

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What is a candlelight?

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Using candles to light the scene: purpose- achieving intimacy, romance, and harmony

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What is diegetic sound?

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Any sound that could logically be heard by a character in the movie

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What is internal diegetic sound?

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Sounds that only one character can hear

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What is nondiegetic sound?

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Sounds from a source outside the storyline

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What is ambient sound?

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Refers to any sounds that are used to establish location

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What is asynchronous sound?

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Audio-track sounds are mismatched with images shown

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What does the colour red mean?

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

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What does the colour blue mean?

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

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What does the colour yellow mean?

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Welcoming, friendliness, happiness, warmth, cowardice

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What does the colour green mean?

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Youthfulness, freshness, nature, growth, relaxation, health, cheerfulness, environment, money, abundance, envy

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What does the colour purple mean?

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Power, royalty, dignity, enchantment, wealth, sophistication, intelligence, spirituality, mourning

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What does the colour orange mean?

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Nature, homeliness, warmth, playfulness, vibrant

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What does the colour brown mean?

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Natural comfort, homeliness, warmth, decay, destruction, lack of growth

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What does the colour white mean?

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Purity, innocence, freshness, cleanliness, lightness, youthful, mild, emptiness

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What does the colour black mean?

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Sophistication, elegance, mysterious, seductive, strength, threatening, mourning, evil, rebellion

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What does the colour pink mean?

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Soft, sweet, nurturing, security

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What does the colour gold mean?

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Prestige, expensive

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What does the colour silver mean?

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Prestige, cold, scientific

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What does the colour grey mean?

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Sadness, lack of growth, decay, death, confusion

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What does the colour pastels means?

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soft pinks and blues are associated with innocence and babies, soothing

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What does curved shapes mean?

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Soft, feminine, nurturing, gentle, invites viewer to touch and feel

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What does straight lines mean?

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Masculine, strength, authority, lack of emotion

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What does jagged lines mean?

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Makes viewer feel tense and uneasy

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What does horizontal lines mean?

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soothing, peaceful, relaxing

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What does vertical lines mean?

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draws the eye upward, gives a feeling of power, inspire awe in viewer

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What does diagonal lines mean?

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Speed, action, movement

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What is the vanishing point?

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Converging parallel lines that move away from the viewer appear to converge at the horizon in the classic “vanishing point” phenomenon

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What is composition?

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Refers to the arrangement of different elements within a frame or scene

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What is storyboarding?

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Determines the composition of each shot in a film, decisions are made about what to include and what to leave out of frame

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What is juxtaposition?

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When contrasting images are placed together, can create irony, tension, and critical thinking

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What is cropping?

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Selects portions of the photograph are deleted in order to create an effective composition

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What is balance?

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Refers to the arrangements of the figures. the lighting, the sound, the movement

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What is perspective?

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Captures the essence of what you experience when viewing a scene

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What is the foreground?

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Refers to what is closest to the viewer

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What is the middleground?

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Located in the middle of the frame

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What is the background?

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Refers to what is located furthest from the viewer

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What is the focal point?

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Where the viewer’s eye is immediately drawn to in the visual image

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What is the subsidiary details?

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Where the viewer’s eye is drawn after the focal point

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What is the internal framing?

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A frame within a frame of the visual such as a window or a doorway limits the point of focus: purpose- suggests imprisonment, protecting, or isolation

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What is positive space?

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The subject in the image

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What is negative space?

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Parts of the image within the frame which are not the subject: purpose- the subject usually appears vulnerable or isolated, may cause anxiety

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