Film Midterm

Question 1

Aperture

Answer 1

Distance of subject from the camera

Question 2

Frame

Answer 2

Individual photographic frame

Question 3

Film is a

Answer 3

Photographic chemical-based medium

Question 4

Video is an

Answer 4

Electronic medium based on recording to digital media

Question 5

Distribution and exhibition

Answer 5

Film prints for photographic projection

Question 6

Sequence of frames

Answer 6

Shot

Question 7

Frame rate

Answer 7

24 per second

Question 8

Setup

Answer 8

Basic component of a films production

Question 9

Shots are a way of

Answer 9

Accomplishing goals

Question 10

Overheads are great

Answer 10

Precursors to storyboards

Question 11

Shooting script is

Answer 11

An annotated version of the script

Question 12

Shooting script has

Answer 12

Numbering scenes for preparation and logging

Question 13

Coverage

Answer 13

Shoot out directionally by size

Question 14

Most credited for first exploration in use of decor

Answer 14

German filmmakers of the 1920s

Question 15

Two films whose directors investigated how external settings suggested integral states of mind

Answer 15

F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu Fritz Lang’s M,Metropolis

Question 16

three point key lighting system

Answer 16

key fill back

Question 17

high key lighting is for

Answer 17

musicals and comedies

Question 18

low key lighting is for

Answer 18

dramas and genre

Question 19

underexposure gives film

Answer 19

unrealistic tone

Question 20

Underexposure audience

Answer 20

almost overwhelmed by the act
of trying to see

Question 21

Overexposure replicates

Answer 21

common
perceptual experience

Question 22

Overexposure does not mimic

Answer 22

routine perceptual experience

Question 23

Focusable spots can be

Answer 23

Open-faced or lensed

Question 24

Open-faced focusable spots

Answer 24

bare lamp with no
lens

Question 24

Open-faced focusable spots

Answer 24

bare lamp with no lens

Question 25

drawback of open faced

Answer 25

direct light mixes with light bouncing

Question 26

lensed faceable spots are

Answer 26

more desirable because they are easier to manipulate

Question 27

barn doors

Answer 27

black metal doors mounted on the front of the instrument

Question 28

spill

Answer 28

excess light

Question 29

fresnel spot named for

Answer 29

French physicist Augustin Jean Fresnel

Question 30

Augustin Fresnel supported

Answer 30

wave theory of light

Question 31

Fresnel lens eliminates

Answer 31

multiple sources and indistinct shadows of open faced instruments

Question 32

practicals

Answer 32

table or floor lamps (house lights)

Question 33

reflectors

Answer 33

reflect sunlight into shadows when outside

Question 34

reflectors produce

Answer 34

fill light for characters

Question 35

incident light

Answer 35

falls on a subject

Question 36

reflective light

Answer 36

bounces off the illuminated subject

Question 37

foot candle

Answer 37

amount of light 1 foot from a burning candle

Question 38

fc

Answer 38

measuring volume of light

Question 39

shutter speed

Answer 39

how long each individual frame is exposed to light

Question 40

latitude

Answer 40

amount of under or overexposure with detail

Question 41

latitude is

Answer 41

seeing range of film

Question 42

soft or sharp focus isolate

Answer 42

subject in a space

Question 43

soft or sharp focus suggest

Answer 43

subject lacks clarity

Question 44

basic coverage

Answer 44

direction over everything

Question 45

lens speed

Answer 45

maximum aperture

Question 46

maximum aperture

Answer 46

widest the lens diaphragm will go

Question 47

f3.5

Answer 47

slow lens

Question 48

f1.8

Answer 48

fast lens

Question 49

telephoto lenses

Answer 49

almost always slower than wide angler lenses

Question 50

higher f-stops

Answer 50

greater depth of field and focus

Question 51

lower f-stops

Answer 51

shallower depth of field and less focus

Question 52

f16 has - depth of field than f2.8

Answer 52

greater

Question 53

more negative space

Answer 53

cinematically and aesthetically pleasing

Question 54

dutch angle

Answer 54

centered

Question 55

1st act

Answer 55

premise

Question 56

2nd act

Answer 56

what is at stake

Question 57

3rd act

Answer 57

conflict and resolution

Question 58

character arc

Answer 58

how a character changes over the course of the film

Question 59

coverage has multiple

Answer 59

shots of the same scene for match action editing

Question 60

what comes first

Answer 60

direction

Question 61

back lighting

Answer 61

separates subjects from lighting

Question 62

motivated lighting

Answer 62

the scene and audience has to bellows the light comes from the setting

Question 63

motivated lighting ex

Answer 63

car light

Question 64

unmotivated lighting

Answer 64

dreamlike lighting