Drama

Question 1

Leonardo da Vinci

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One of the first artists that used a series of images (instead of just a single drawing) to communicate a more complex idea. Using
several images, basic steps could be followed. The same concept applies to film.

Question 2

Peter Roget

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Coined the term “Persistence of Vision”, a concept that the eye perceives an image for 1/10 of a second longer than it is actually sees it

Question 3

Canvas

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Throughout the ages, man has used different canvas as a means to communicate an idea. The use of canvas can be followed in time

Question 4

Magic Lantern

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A round cylinder with patterns cut into it, mirrors inside of it, and placed over a candle. Used to project images on the walls of a room.
An example of the magic lantern can be found in the film, Sleepy Hollow.

Question 5

Zoetrope

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Hand held devise that had slits cut into the sides. Drawings of different frames of movement were placed inside the cylinder. When the
devise was spun around, the frame began to imitate movement. First use of animation.

Question 6

Kinetoscope (1891)

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A large wooden box with a peephole at the top. Patrons would look into the machine and crank a lever that would turn a wheel
with frames of pictures. First practical application of the kinetoscope was peepshows/women dancers.

Question 7

Birth of Motion Pictures

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Film invented in 1889; Kinetoscope invented in 1891; Fred Ott’s Sneeze filmed in 1894; Edison – 1895, Edison!

Question 8

Basic Goal of an Artist

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To communicate ideas (regardless of how simple or complex) to an audience.

Question 9

Visual Medium

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Film should communicate a majority of its ideas by way of visual communication. A film that communicates well visually is one where an
audience can follow the majority of the storyline without sound turned up.

Question 10

Film Communication

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There are only two basic ways that a film can communicate visually:

Question 11

Mise-en-scene

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Communicating an idea with a single shot.

Question 12

Montage

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Communicating an idea through several shots edited together.

Question 13

Frame

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The smallest compositional unit of film structure

Question 14

Shot

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The basic, unedited unit of film structure

Question 15

Scene

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A vague term that describes a unit of narration.

Question 16

Sequence

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A group of scenes that are similar in nature and are grouped together by content.

Question 17

Film

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A length of footage grouped by sequences edited together to tell a story.

Question 18

Take

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The repetition of a single shot to be used only once.

Question 19

Mise-en-scene

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Manipulation of space) Literal translation - “Putting in the scene”; a term that describes the action, lighting, decor, and other elements
within the shot itself, as opposed to the effects created by editing.

Question 20

Open Frame -

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Objects go beyond the frame

Question 21

Closed Frame

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Objects are confined within the frame.

Question 22

Foreground

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Images closest to the camera.

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Background

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Images furthest from the camera.

Question 24

Focus

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The clarity and sharpness of an image, limited by the range of distance from the camera

Question 25

Primary Focus

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Object within the frame that is most important.

Question 26

Secondary Focus

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Objects within the frame that is not of Primary Focus.

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Sharp Focus -

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Objects that have hard lines of clarity

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Soft Focus

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A dream like effect created by special type of lens, or chemical on the lens.

Question 29

Rack Focus

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Focusing from one object to the next within a single frame.

Question 30

Objective POV

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The camera is a window and the audience looks through to view the people and events of the film from a distance

Question 31

Subjective POV

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The positioning of the camera gives the audience the visual viewpoint and emotional intensity of a character participating in the action of the film.

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Indirect Subjective POV

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Not a participant’s P.O.V., but brings the audience close to the action so that we feel intimately involved.

Question 33

Director’s Interpretive POV -

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The Director chooses not only what the audience sees, but how they see it, forcing the audience to react a specific way

Question 34

Aerial Shots -

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Shots taken from planes, cranes

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Environmental Shots

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Shots used to set up location for the following scene. (Same as an ESTABLISHING SHOT.)

Question 36

Long Shot

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Shot that includes full body of subject and background.

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Full Shot

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Shot that includes full body of subject, excluding all else.

Question 38

Medium Shot

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A shot distanced midway between a close-up and a full shot.

Question 39

Close-up Shot

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Shot that includes subject's face only, or any close shot.

Question 40

Extreme Close-up Shot

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Shot of specific part of an area of the subject

Question 41

Mirror Shot

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Shot filmed using a reflection in the mirror

Question 42

Split-screen Shot

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Two or more separate images that do not overlap.

Question 43

Reaction Shot

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A series of shots used to show action and reaction

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Montage

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Editing or Cutting) Manipulation of time; A series of shots used to convey an idea or image that is not complete within a single shot

Question 45

Film

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23.97 fps (24 frames per second)

Question 46

Digital

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29.97 fps (frames per second)

Question 47

Parallel Action

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A series of shots used to convey simultaneous action

Question 48

Freeze Frame

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An individual frame that is printed several times to | imitate still photography

Question 49

Fade-in

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Image fades into view from a black or white wash.

Question 50

Fade-out

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Opposite of fade-in.

Question 51

Dissolve

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A transition that superimposes a Fade-in and a Fade-out simultaneously

Question 52

Wipe

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An optical process whereby one image appears to wipe the proceeding image off the screen.

Question 53

Tilt

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Camera swivels up or down.

Question 54

Pan

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Camera swivels side to side.

Question 55

Zoom

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Image moves closer or further from the camera by way of zoom lens. (Two types of zoom = In and Out)

Question 56

Dolly

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Camera moves smoothly on a cart set on tracks.

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Tracking

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Camera moves forward and backwards on tracks.

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Trucking

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Camera moves side to side on tracks.

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Camera Angle

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The perspective which the camera takes on the subject being shot. (Three types of angles = High, Medium, Low.)

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Tracking/Trucking Shot

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A continuous shot with camera moving

Question 61

Fixed Shot

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A shot that is filmed from a camera mounted on a tripod.

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Hand held Shot

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A shot that is filmed by a cameraman holding the camera. Used to create a more “life-like” illusion.

Question 63

Tray Mount

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A shot that is filmed mounted on a moving vehicle.