Visual Reflection Terminology

Question 1

Camera Angle

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The position of the camera relative to the horizontal plane of the subject

Question 2

High angle shot

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The camera is above the subject (makes subject appear smaller and of lesser importance)

Question 3

Eye level shot (flat shot)

Answer 3

The camera is on the same plane as the subject

Question 4

Low angle shot

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The camera is below the subject (give stature and authority)

Question 5

Camera Distance

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The apparent distance of the camera from the subject (extreme close-up, close-up, medium shot, long shot)

Question 6

Extreme close-up example

Answer 6

Just an eye

Question 7

Close-up example

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Seeing only a head

Question 8

Medium shot example

Answer 8

seeing only the subject from the waist up

Question 9

Long shot

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Seeing the background and into the distance

Question 10

POV shot

Answer 10

Seeing exactly what the character sees

Question 11

Balance

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The way shapes are arranged. Balanced shapes = order or harmony. Not balanced = tension

Question 12

Colour

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is made up of hue (or tint), intensity, and value. Created by artists to create feelings

Question 13

Hue or tint

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the name of the colour (ex. red, blue)

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Intensity

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the purity and strength of a colour (ex. dull red, bright blue)

Question 15

Value

Answer 15

lightness or darkness of a colour

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Emphasis

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drawing attention to something by use of colour, size, or placement

Question 17

Focal Point

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part of a photograph, drawing, or painting that is the main area of interest

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Form

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the height, width, and depth of a structure, all of which can create perspective

Question 19

Harmony

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the quality that binds the parts of a visual image into a whole. It is often created through simplicity and repetition)

Question 20

Line

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the basic unit of any image that has both length and direction

Question 21

Straight lines

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suggest order

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Jagged lines

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suggest power, fear, or confusion

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Curved lines

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suggest motion or softness

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Diagonal lines

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suggest motion or tension

Question 25

Movement

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a sense of energy in a visual, determined by the spaces between shapes and by the shapes themselves

Question 26

Proportion

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the comparative relationship between parts in a visual

Question 27

Shape

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a space that is enclosed by a line. Almost anything can be shown using three basic shapes: squares, circles and triangles

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Space

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The distance or area between, around, above, or below, or within things. Space can isolate an object/make it stand out. Can create tension between objects

Question 29

Texture

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the quality or feel of an object’s surface such as roughness or smoothness, Through the skilled use of lines and dots in visual images, texture can be “felt” with the eyes.

Question 30

BONUS Chiaroscuro

Answer 30

the use of light and shadow to create the illusion of light from a specific source