Week 12

Question 1

Aspect Ratio

Answer 1

Ratio of frame width to frame height (width:height)

Question 2

Masked Widescreen

Answer 2

North By Northwest (1959): Aspect ratio of 1.85:1, but the ratio of the negative is 1.50:1 (masked widescreen)

Question 3

Anamorphic Widescreen

Answer 3

Aspect ratio of 22.35:1 (Panavision/anamorphic widescreen)
The “squeezed” image on film and the “unsqueezed” image as projected (Film Art images)

Question 4

Cinerama

Answer 4

Required three cameras filming simultaneously, three perfectly synchronised projectors, and a curved screen to achieve its extra-widescreen ratio of up to 2.89:1

Question 5

The Problem with “Full Screen”/Pan-and-Scan Conversions

Answer 5

Butters the cinematography that was done in the frame

Question 6

Framing

Answer 6

Refers to what is visible in a given shot or scene
Framing will suggest a position from which we see the image
Camera distance
Camera angle
Camera Level

Question 7

Extreme Long shot

Answer 7

when human body appears very small or focus appears very small

Question 8

Long shot

Answer 8

When human body more or less fills the frame

Question 9

Medium-Long shot

Answer 9

framed from roughly knees up

Question 10

Medium shot

Answer 10

roughly waist up

Question 11

Medium close up

Answer 11

chest/shoulders up

Question 12

Close up

Answer 12

when human face/ important object fills the frame

Question 13

Extreme Close up

Answer 13

small portion of face fills the screen camera/ mega zoomed in

Question 14

Straight on framing

Answer 14

when camera perspective is that of third person

Question 15

Low-Angle framing

Answer 15

when camera is place below subject, looking up

Question 16

High-Angle framing

Answer 16

when camera is placed above subject, and looks down

Question 17

Camera Height

Answer 17

Refers to physical distance between camera and floor

Question 18

Camera Level

Answer 18

camera level and dealing with the horizon

Question 19

Functions of Framing

Answer 19

-framing can help interpret the meaning/ what the character is feeling/ also what is happening/ situation.
-framing can establish or reestablish settings and character positions
- can also isolate an important detail
-can prompt us to recognize a shot as subjective (POV shot)
-may repeat, creating visual motif
-may stand out owing to its rarity
-angle, level, height and/or distance may develop significantly within a sequence (or a whole film)