Technical Codes

Question 1

Establishing Shot

Answer 1

Usually the first shot of a new scene, designed to show the audience where the action is taking place.

Question 2

Master shot

Answer 2

It records the whole scene from a point where all the actors and actions are visible to the audience.

Question 3

Close-up

Answer 3

a certain feature or part of the subject takes up most of the frame. useful to show details or to connote emotional states

Question 4

mid-shot

Answer 4

between a close up and a long shot, it shows a bigger part of the subject in a way that let the audience imagine the whole figure

Question 5

long shot

Answer 5

you can see the whole subject and most of times a big part of the environment around him

Question 6

wide shot

Answer 6

the subject takes up the whole frame. it takes a lot of the environment around him, but he is still motivating the scene

Question 7

two shot

Answer 7

a comfortable view of two people in a shot.

Question 8

aerial shot

Answer 8

taken usually on a helicopter, it shows the environment from abovr

Question 9

point of view shot

Answer 9

a view from the character’s perspective: you can’t see him but what he is seeing

Question 10

over the shoulders shot

Answer 10

framed from behind a person who is looking at another character.

Question 11

high angle

Answer 11

shooting from above

Question 12

low angle

Answer 12

shooting from below

Question 13

canted angle

Answer 13

the camera is not horizontal but oblique

Question 14

pan

Answer 14

moving the camera to one side to another

Question 15

tilt

Answer 15

moving the camera up and down

Question 16

track

Answer 16

the camera follows the subject on a special vehicle

Question 17

dolly

Answer 17

the camera is moving forward or backward respect to the subject

Question 18

crane

Answer 18

the camera is brought to a higher angle to shoot the subject from above

Question 19

steadicam

Answer 19

the camera moves independently because fixed to a special vehicle

Question 20

hand-held

Answer 20

the operator is moving the camera in order to catch the whole action

Question 21

zoom

Answer 21

the camera is not moving but it changes the focal length focusing on details

Question 22

reverse zoom

Answer 22

the camera is not moved but it changes the focal length, letting the audience see a bigger part of environment

Question 23

rule of third

Answer 23

the frame should be divided by 4 lines (2 vertical and 2 horizontal) that converge the attention of the audience. the most important subjects should be shot on this lines

Question 24

depth of field

Answer 24

the measure that can be applied to the area in focus within the frame

Question 25

deep focus

Answer 25

all the grounds are in focus

Question 26

shallow focus

Answer 26

only one ground (usually the first one) is in focus

Question 27

focus pull

Answer 27

switching shallow focus between foreground and background