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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. Cut into action that is happening simultaneously






3. The image being shot as part of a whole






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






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






6. A new image wipes off the previous image






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






8. Can be to or from black or white






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. The camera is on a crane over the action






16. A single piece of film uninterrupted by cuts






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






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






19. Direct lighting from below or the side






20. Cut to an object - then to a person






21. A new image wipes off the previous image






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






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






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






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






26. A shot from some distance






27. The most common shot






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






29. Most common editing technique






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






31. The image being shot as part of a whole






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






33. The camera is above the subject






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






35. Cut into action that is happening simultaneously






36. Direct lighting from below or the side






37. Cut to an object - then to a person






38. The camera is on a crane over the action






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






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






41. The camera films subjects from below






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






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






44. A single piece of film uninterrupted by cuts






45. The camera films subjects from below






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






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






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






49. The camera is above the subject






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