Terms

Question 1

frame

Answer 1

Aspect Ratio

Question 2

Recording lots of shots of a scene in case certain shots do not work out

Answer 2

Coverage

Question 3

Framing convention often used that favors one side over the other

Answer 3

Rule of Thirds

Question 4

Using light to create form

Answer 4

Modeling

Question 5

Something that appears throughout (word derived from music)

Answer 5

Motif

Question 6

With serif (lines)

Answer 6

Serif

Question 7

Without serif (without lines)

Answer 7

Sans Serif

Question 8

Line that appears to go through the camera

Answer 8

Z-Axis

Question 9

Cues that signal that something has depth

Answer 9

Depth Cues (Atmospheric Haze, Lighting, Size, Vanishing Point)

Question 10

Filtering sound (notch a specific part of the sound spectrum)

Answer 10

Equalization (EQ)

Question 11

Sound heard before a scene

Answer 11

J-Cut

Question 12

Sound of first scene continues into another scene

Answer 12

L-Cut

Question 13

Pictures turned into a movie, (ex. La Jetee)

Answer 13

Photo Montage

Question 14

Point in the middle of a painting/photograph where lines converge

Answer 14

Vanishing Point

Question 15

Drawing method that utilizes vanishing point, seen in classical renaissance paintings

Answer 15

One-Point Perspective

Question 16

Artistic movement that uses multiple perspectives in paintings

Answer 16

Cubism

Question 17

What someone sees

Answer 17

Point of View (POV)

Question 18

Everything/almost everything is in focus

Answer 18

Deep Focus

Question 19

Very little is in focus, picture can appear flat

Answer 19

Shallow Focus

Question 20

Distance between the camera’s lens and sensor

Answer 20

Focal Length

Question 21

Wide lens, takes in a wide field of view, small focal length

Answer 21

Wide Angle

Question 22

Tighter lens, long focal lens, makes people appear closer, distortion

Answer 22

Telephoto

Question 23

Distortion created by wide angle lenses where objects on the edges of the image appear curved

Answer 23

Wide Angle Distortion

Question 24

French term for editing

Answer 24

Montage

Question 25

Reds and Yellows

Answer 25

Warm Color Palette

Question 26

Blues and Greens

Answer 26

Cool Color Palette

Question 27

colors come from additive primary colors (cyan, magenta, and yellow)

Answer 27

Subtractive Primary Colors

Question 28

Colors coming from the sun (red, green, and blue)

Answer 28

Additive Primary Colors

Question 29

Adjusting to color temperature as cameras do not adjust to different light sources well

Answer 29

White Balance

Question 30

Red: Cyan, Green: Magenta, Blue: Yellow, additive colors vs. subtractive colors

Answer 30

Opposite Colors

Question 31

Vibrancy of colors, colors are vibrant

Answer 31

Saturation

Question 32

Colors are less vibrant

Answer 32

Desaturation

Question 33

Scale by which we determine how warm vs. cool light is, Warm vs. cool lighting (flourescent light vs. candlelight), measures in Kelvins

Answer 33

Color Temperature

Question 34

Tigher (more frequent) = higher pitch, spread out (less frequent) = lower pitch

Answer 34

Wavelength

Question 35

The pitch of (a) sound(s)

Answer 35

Frequency

Question 36

Volume of the sound

Answer 36

Amplitude

Question 37

Distinctive flavor that makes someones voice unique

Answer 37

Timbre

Question 38

Subtle form of an echo

Answer 38

Reverb

Question 39

Ex. a vinyl, sound is recorded as wavelengths

Answer 39

Analog recording

Question 40

Ex. recorded on zoom microphone, sound is recorded as numbers

Answer 40

Digital Recording

Question 41

The rate at which you record sound, high rate = good recording

Answer 41

Sample Rate

Question 42

Voiceover, anything to do with voice

Answer 42

Dialogue

Question 43

Score, source music

Answer 43

Music

Question 44

Subtle and distinctive sound of a place, evokes mood

Answer 44

Ambience

Answer 45

Sound Effects

Question 46

Subtle sound of a room

Answer 46

Room Tone

Question 47

Music happening/shown in the scene

Answer 47

Source Music

Question 48

To evoke continuity/discontinuity, emotional states, dramatic action

Answer 48

Motivated Camera Movement

Question 49

Line governeed by an actor’s nose, ensures continuity and prevents viewers from feeling disoriented

Answer 49

180 Degree Line (Stage Line)

Question 50

Where actors will be/move, ensures continuity

Answer 50

Screen Direction (Blocking)

Question 51

Shooting from the opposite side of the previous shot

Answer 51

Shot/Reverse Shot

Answer 52

Matching Angles

Question 53

Some detail in the scene you want to reveal

Answer 53

Insert

Question 54

Ex. Cut to the source of a sound heard in the scene

Answer 54

Cutaway

Question 55

Shooting a scene with the camera over a character’s shoulder

Answer 55

Over-the-Shoulder

Question 56

Shooting a shot where something is blocking the shot

Answer 56

Dirty Single

Question 57

Translating an emotional state, giving an actor a goal

Answer 57

Dramatic Action

Question 58

Derived from acting, written in scripts to indicate when there are moments of redirection

Answer 58

Dramatic Beats

Question 59

Choices made to complicate, engage, or deepen the audience’s understanding

Answer 59

Dramatic stakes and “raising the stakes”

Answer 60

Narrative twists vs. familiar narrative patterns

Question 61

Jarring cut that is shot from a location that did not change much from the previous shot, evokes a sense of disontinuity, evokes a feeling that something is off

Answer 61

Jump Cut

Question 62

Compositional headroom vs. sound headroom

Answer 62

Head Room