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Film Techniques

Subjects : performing-arts, film
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Cut or dissolve to action that happened in the past






2. A scene between two people shot exclusively from an angle that includes both characters more or less equally






3. A single piece of film uninterrupted by cuts






4. The camera is on a track that allows it to move with the action






5. Often a long shot or a series of shots that sets the scene






6. A stationary camera moves up or down along a vertical axis






7. Often a long shot or a series of shots that sets the scene






8. A shot taken from a normal height or at the character's eye level






9. A kind of fade in which one image is slowly replaced by another






10. The most common shot






11. A stationary camera where the lens moves to make an object seem to move closer to or further away from the camera






12. The camera is on a crane over the action






13. The camera is above the subject






14. Most common editing technique






15. Can be to or from black or white






16. Cut into action that is happening simultaneously






17. The image being shot as part of a whole






18. Soft lighting on the actor's face or from behind






19. A shot from some distance






20. Direct lighting from below or the side






21. A shot from some distance






22. Cut to an object - then to a person






23. The image takes up at least 80 percent of the frame






24. The camera is on a track that allows it to move with the action






25. The scene is flooded with shadows and darkness - creating suspense or suspicion






26. The camera films subjects from below






27. A new image wipes off the previous image






28. The scene is flooded with shadows and darkness - creating suspense or suspicion






29. A stationary camera moves from side to side on a horizontal axis






30. The image takes up at least 80 percent of the frame






31. A stationary camera moves up or down along a vertical axis






32. The camera films subjects from below






33. Direct lighting from below or the side






34. Sound that could logically be heard by the characters in the film






35. A new image wipes off the previous image






36. A shot of one subject - then another - then back to the first






37. The most common shot






38. A kind of fade in which one image is slowly replaced by another






39. A shot of one subject - then another - then back to the first






40. Soft lighting on the actor's face or from behind






41. A single piece of film uninterrupted by cuts






42. The scene is flooded with light - creating a bright and open looking scene






43. Sound that could logically be heard by the characters in the film






44. Cut into action that is happening simultaneously






45. The camera is on a crane over the action






46. A stationary camera moves from side to side on a horizontal axis






47. A shot taken from a normal height or at the character's eye level






48. Cut or dissolve to action that happened in the past






49. The image being shot as part of a whole






50. A stationary camera where the lens moves to make an object seem to move closer to or further away from the camera