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Film Techniques

Subjects : performing-arts, film
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The image takes up at least 80 percent of the frame






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






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






4. The camera is on a crane over the action






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






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






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






8. The camera is above the subject






9. A new image wipes off the previous image






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






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






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






13. Most common editing technique






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Direct lighting from below or the side






23. Cut into action that is happening simultaneously






24. Sound that cannot be heard by the characters but is designed for audience reaction only






25. Direct lighting from below or the side






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






27. Most common editing technique






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






29. A single piece of film uninterrupted by cuts






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






31. A shot from some distance






32. The most common shot






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






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






35. The camera films subjects from below






36. Can be to or from black or white






37. The most common shot






38. Cut to an object - then to a person






39. The camera is above the subject






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






41. A shot from some distance






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






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






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






45. Can be to or from black or white






46. Cut to an object - then to a person






47. The camera films subjects from below






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






49. A new image wipes off the previous image






50. A single piece of film uninterrupted by cuts