CINEMATOGRAPHY Flashcards
(19 cards)
shot
a series of frames that runs for an uninterrupted period of time.
take
a take refers to each filmed “version” of a particular shot or “setup”. Takes of each shot are generally numbered starting with “take one” and the number of each successive take is increased (with the director calling for “take two” or “take eighteen”) until the filming of the shot is completed.
focus puller
a member of a film crew’s camera department whose primary responsibility is to maintain the camera lens’s optical focus on whatever subject or action is being filmed.
gaffer
the head electrician, responsible for the execution of the lighting plan for a production.
best boy electric
They are assistants to their department heads, the gaffer (in charge of electricals)
grip
part of the production team that develops and builds the set for a movie, commercial, or television show. Grips work primarily on the complex equipment which supports the cameras and on lighting
aspect ratios
an image is the ratio of its width to its height. It is commonly expressed as two numbers separated by a colon, as in 16:9
shot distance & implied proximity
Implied distance is how far the camera is implied too be away from the shot.
angles & emotional effect of angles
The emotional impact of any particular camera angle might change
eye level
when the level of your camera is placed at the same height as the eyes of the characters in your frame.
high
A high-angle shot is a cinematic technique where the camera looks down on the subject from a high angle and the point of focus often gets “swallowed up”.
low
a low-angle shot is a shot from a camera angle positioned anywhere below the eye line, pointing upward.
Dutch
is a type of camera shot which involves setting the camera at an angle on its roll axis so that the shot is composed with vertical lines at an angle to the side of the frame,
pan
swivelling a still or video camera horizontally from a fixed position.
three point lighting
is a standard method used in visual media such as video, film, still photography and computer-generated imagery. It is a simple but versatile system which forms the basis of most lighting. … The technique uses three lights called the key light, fill light and back light.
key light
key light is the first and usually most important light that a photographer, cinematographer, lighting cameraman, or other scene composer will use in a
back light
In lighting design, backlighting is the process of illuminating the subject from the back.
fill light
is usually placed on the opposite side of the key light, and often not as powerful as the key.
high key lighting
aims to reduce the lighting ratio present in the scene.
