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






3. The camera films subjects from below






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






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






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






7. The image being shot as part of a whole






8. The camera is above the subject






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






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






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






12. Most common editing technique






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






14. A shot from some distance






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






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






17. A single piece of film uninterrupted by cuts






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






19. A new image wipes off the previous image






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






21. Can be to or from black or white






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






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






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






25. Cut to an object - then to a person






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






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






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






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






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






31. A single piece of film uninterrupted by cuts






32. Can be to or from black or white






33. Cut into action that is happening simultaneously






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






35. A new image wipes off the previous image






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






37. The camera films subjects from below






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






39. Direct lighting from below or the side






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






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






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






43. Cut into action that is happening simultaneously






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






45. The image being shot as part of a whole






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






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






48. The most common shot






49. A shot from some distance






50. Most common editing technique