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Film Techniques

Subjects : performing-arts, film
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Can be to or from black or white






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






3. Direct lighting from below or the side






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






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






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






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






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






9. Direct lighting from below or the side






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






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






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






13. The camera is above the subject






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






15. Cut to an object - then to a person






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






17. A single piece of film uninterrupted by cuts






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






19. A single piece of film uninterrupted by cuts






20. A shot from some distance






21. Most common editing technique






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






23. Cut into action that is happening simultaneously






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






25. The most common shot






26. A shot from some distance






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






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






29. Cut into action that is happening simultaneously






30. A new image wipes off the previous image






31. The image being shot as part of a whole






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






33. The camera is above the subject






34. The camera is on a crane over the action






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






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






37. The camera is on a crane over the action






38. The most common shot






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






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






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






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






43. The camera films subjects from below






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






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






46. Most common editing technique






47. Can be to or from black or white






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






49. A new image wipes off the previous image






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