Storyboard Questions Flashcards
What are the 6 types of traditional cutting?
Content, Action, POV, Match, Concept, Zero
What are the 4 types of traditional shooting? Define.
Establishing: shot of wide setting
Master: shot of things in motion; detail zooming
Coverage: the amount of shot footage and camera setups in a scene
Insert/Cutaway: interrupting a continuous action by cutting to something else
What is the Prime Directive in Cinema?
Don’t annoy, bore, or confuse audience
What is speaking metaphor?
Making all nouns and verbs visually described in a scene
Name 3 simultaneous storytelling layers:
External, Internal, Philosophical
What are 3 story world views:
Pessimistic, Iconic, Optimistic
What is the 180 rule?
Designed so that multiple angles of a scene can exist without a confusing reversal
What is the 20% rule?
One cut must follow another smoothly by 20%, without being jarring
What is an event?
Something that advances the story, negatively or positively, through conflict
What is composition?
Composition is subtext.
