CH.1 & CH.5

Question 1

Camera Phone

Answer 1

A digital camera built into a cellular phone

Question 2

Composition

Answer 2

The arrangement of subject(s), surroundings, and background in an image.

Question 3

Color

Answer 3

An essential element of photography that results from the different powers and wavelengths of light across a platform.

Question 4

Distance

Answer 4

The space between the photographer and subject

Question 5

Emotional image

Answer 5

a photograph that portrays vivid human emotion, and subsequently evokes it in the viewer.

Question 6

Fill the frame

Answer 6

to strive for the perfect balance between meaningful content and the space available to capture it

Question 7

Graphically appealing image

Answer 7

an informational image in which an attempt is made to present the subject in a creative, interesting, attention-grabbing, otherwise meaningful way

Question 8

Informational image

Answer 8

a photograph that records a person, place, thing, or activity, nothing more.

Question 9

Intimate image

Answer 9

A truly rare and powerful photograph conveying emotion and meaning that a viewer could not otherwise experience.

Question 10

light

Answer 10

photography is the recording of light hitting our old and everything in it.

Question 11

Moment

Answer 11

A time, sometimes very brief, when subject, activity, composition, and light all come together in harmony to capture the emotional essence of a scene.

Question 12

180-degree rule

Answer 12

the relationship between two subjects in a scene forms an “axis of action” from one to the other, and the camera should stay on one, consistent side of this line.

Question 13

Action

Answer 13

whatever happens in front of the camera

Question 14

AMD

Answer 14

Avoid mindless documentation: don’t shoot whatever is in front of the camera

Question 15

A-roll

Answer 15

Generally interview footage, both audio and video.

Question 16

BOPSA

Answer 16

Bunch of people standing around

Question 17

B-roll

Answer 17

All visuals that have been shot, excluding interviews.

Question 18

Clip

Answer 18

Once footage has been transferred to a computer, and in and out points have been established for each shot the resulting files are called clips

Question 19

cutaway

Answer 19

Make sure to shoot cutaways, that is, other, smaller scenes or details within the overall scene that can help you get from one shot to another during editing.

Question 20

enter frame

Answer 20

when a subject walks into a scene from outside the frame

Question 21

exit frame

Answer 21

when a subject exits a scene and is no longer in front of the camera or in the shot.

Question 22

Gopro

Answer 22

a small camera with a 170 degree field of view that can withstand a beating and be submerged in water.

Question 23

High and above

Answer 23

a vantage point of view

Question 24

Medium shot

Answer 24

A shot with a field of view large enough to include everything above a persons waist.

Question 25

Pan

Answer 25

sweeping the field of view horizontally

Question 26

POV Shot

Answer 26

The over-the-shoulder shot is important in the character-driven stories, to show things from a character's POV

Question 27

Rack focus

Answer 27

Changing focus from one subject to another which is at a different distance

Question 28

reaction

Answer 28

How people respond to whatever happens in front of the camera

Question 29

Rock Shot

Answer 29

a shot where nothing moves within the frame

Question 30

Rule of thirds

Answer 30

Intersecting vertical and horizontal lines, like a tic-tac-toe board, can be used as a device to help compose an image.

Question 31

Sequence

Answer 31

a series of shots that serve as the building blocks for a visual narrative.

Question 32

SLOBR

Answer 32

Serious lack of B-roll: no B roll so there is just an interview A-roll

Question 33

Shot

Answer 33

every time you focus a camera and frame up, and then record a tight, medium, or wide field of view

Question 34

silhouette

Answer 34

when a foreground subject is exposed against a brighter background, making the subject darker than the background

Question 35

slow motion

Answer 35

a shot or a sequence of shots where action is slowed down

Question 36

spray & pray

Answer 36

shooting without thinking, and hoping it can all be worked out when you sit down to edit

Question 37

Static shot

Answer 37

a shot of the entire piece from one vantage point

Question 38

tight shot

Answer 38

a shot that shows detail, helpful when there is a need to cut to different sequences during editing

Question 39

tilt up and down

Answer 39

panning vertically with a tripod

Question 40

tracking/dolly shot

Answer 40

physically moving the camera along a set path.

Question 41

wide shot

Answer 41

usually captured with a wide angle lens, this shot established the overall setting.