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Film Techniques

Subjects : performing-arts, film
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A scene between two people shot exclusively from an angle that includes both characters more or less equally






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






3. The camera is on a crane over the action






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






5. The camera is above the subject






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






7. A new image wipes off the previous image






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






9. Cut into action that is happening simultaneously






10. Can be to or from black or white






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






12. Cut into action that is happening simultaneously






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






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






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






16. The camera films subjects from below






17. Most common editing technique






18. A shot from some distance






19. The image being shot as part of a whole






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






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






22. Can be to or from black or white






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






24. Direct lighting from below or the side






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






26. Direct lighting from below or the side






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






28. A single piece of film uninterrupted by cuts






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






30. The image being shot as part of a whole






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






32. The most common shot






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






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






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






36. The camera is above the subject






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






38. The most common shot






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






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






41. A new image wipes off the previous image






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






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






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






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






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






47. Cut to an object - then to a person






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






49. Most common editing technique






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