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Film Techniques

Subjects : performing-arts, film
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1. Most common editing technique






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






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






4. Can be to or from black or white






5. A single piece of film uninterrupted by cuts






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






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






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






9. Cut to an object - then to a person






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






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






12. Can be to or from black or white






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






14. Cut to an object - then to a person






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






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






17. The most common shot






18. The camera is above the subject






19. Cut into action that is happening simultaneously






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






21. The most common shot






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. A single piece of film uninterrupted by cuts






30. The camera is above the subject






31. A new image wipes off the previous image






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






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






34. Direct lighting from below or the side






35. A new image wipes off the previous image






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






37. A shot from some distance






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






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






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






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






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






43. The camera is on a crane over the action






44. The image being shot as part of a whole






45. The camera is on a crane over the action






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






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






48. Cut into action that is happening simultaneously






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






50. Most common editing technique