Film study Flashcards

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1
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When subject is shown from the waist up

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Medium shot

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2
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When subject take up the whole screen and makes you focus on it

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Extreme close up

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3
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When camera is directly overhead

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Birds eye view

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4
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When 2 characters are fully placed in the shot

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Long shot

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5
Q

Explain use of high angle

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Often makes the object seem insignificant, inferior, unimportant, helpless or vulnerable

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6
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What is a tilted angle

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When the camera is on its side so that objects appear unbalanced.

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7
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Explain a low angle

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Camera is lower that object and looks up at it, making the objects seem dominant, superior or important

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8
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Taken from the perspective of a particular character and the viewer sees the situation from their point of view

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Point of view shot

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9
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Close up shot

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Where subject fills the whole screen like if their whole face filled up the screen

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10
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What is soft focus

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Use of a filter that creates a soft, romantic effect

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11
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That is sharp focus

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Clear as the eye normally sees

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12
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What is differential focus

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Part of the shot is in sharp focus, while part is in sharp focus, to draw attention to that in sharp focus

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13
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Camera moving horizontally from left to right or right to left

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Panning

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14
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What is a zip pan

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Rapid pan, creating a blurred effect, suggesting quick movement

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15
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Vertical camera movement

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Tilting

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16
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What is tracking

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Camera follows the object being filmed

camera can be hand held or on a dolly

17
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What is closed frames

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Character is positioned with closed borders, eg of a door or window

18
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Open frame

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No objects hinder the movement of a character

Symbolizes freedom