Vocab Quiz #6

Question 1

Pan

Answer 1

A camera movement in which the camera rotates horizontally on its axis, presenting a panoramic view of the scene. (Used frequently in Westerns to show the vastness of the landscape).

Question 2

Point-of-view

Answer 2

A subjective shot that duplicates the optical perspective of a specific character in the film. (POV shots are used to great effect in the film, Rear Window by Alfred Hitchcock)

Question 3

Producer

Answer 3

The person who is in charge of the business aspects of the film, including its success or failure.

Question 4

Rear-screen (or back) projection

Answer 4

A common type of process shot in which seperately photographed planes of action are combined onto the same film to create the illusion that the two planes are adjacent.

(Ex: a director wants to film two people riding in a car on the highway, but does not wish to shoot on location. Instead, they can photograph the actors in a stationary car on a soundstage, and then combine this shot in post-production with moving footage of a highway.)

Question 5

Rough cut

Answer 5

The total footage of the film which has been put together before the film editor works on it.

Question 6

Scene

Answer 6

A film’s smallest dramatic unit, consisting of one or more shots that present continuous action in one location.