Cinematography Quiz UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
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These aspects of film-making, which involve _________ or photographic, producing, images, cinematography
electronic aspects of ___________________ , fall under
the general heading of_______________ _.
Cinematography___________ work in concert with a Techniques, Mise En Scene, sound, meaning
film's mode of organization, it's _______________ and
editing, and it's _________ design to produce __________ _.
The most powerful uses of Cinematography do more Technical, emotional, intellectual, aesthetic
than simply display _______ expertise: they provoke
______________, ________________, and ___________ responses.
Cinematographers ____ to the audience in visual terms, Speak, images
using _______ the way writers use words.
To grasp the full import of visual expression, viewers must Selective, want, expect, used
move beyond __________Vision, which is the tendency
to notice only those things they ______ to see, they
___________ to see, and they are_______ to seeing.
Filmmakers use Cinematography to accomplish what 5 To develop characters. To tell a story. To produce a distinctive look. To suggest
main things? ideas. To evoke actions.
During the first ____ years of cinema, cinematography 100, analog, digital, non, CGI
was synonymous with photography. As electronic
technologies such as ________________ and ___________ video
recording have eclipsed traditional methods,
cinematography has come to include many ____-
photographic processes such as computer generated
imagery, also known as _.
The 4 Elements of Cinematography Camerawork, Lenses/Filters, Film Stock, Special Visual Effects
Camerawork involves both the _________ characteristics Spatial, Temporal
and __________ (also known as time-dependent)
characteristics of the film medium.
Shot Single uninterrupted series of frames, a film's basic unit of expression.
Scene When several shots are edited together, a coherent unit, one that has its own
beginning, middle and end.
, Storyboard A method for planning shots, a series of drawings that lays out the film
sequentially.
Set-ups Positioning actors, the camera, and lighting arrangement for each shot.
Take Each version of a shot.
Out-takes Rejected takes, ones that don't appear in the film.
Long-takes Uninterrupted shots of more than one minute.
Slow Motion When the camera records images at a speed faster than that at which it is
projected.
Fast Motion Images are recorded at a slower speed than the speed of projection.
Go Motion A technique that builds movement into single frames.
Time-Lapse Photography Process of recording a very small number of images over a long period of time.
Used to show nature and it's slow processes, like a flower blooming.
Frozen Time Moment Also known as Bullet-Time Moment. A shot where a single action is viewed
simultaneously from multiple vantage points.
Camera ______________ and _______________ determine the way placement, movement, perceive
viewers ________ characters, events, and objects in the
world on screen.
3 Important Variables for Any Shot Camera Height, Angle on the Action, Distance from the Action. To simplify it:
Height, Angle & Distance
Offscreen Space refers to spaces within the world of the permanently, excluded, vision
story that are temporarily or ____________________ _______________
from the viewer's ______ _.
The camera's height most frequently approximates an action, higher, lower
eye-level view of the action, but Eye-level Shots are
usually combined with shots from ____________ and ____________
vantage points.
_ _________ Shots are when the camera is positioned High-Angle, minimize
above the action and aimed downward, this tends to
_ ____ the subject.
_ __________ Shots are when the camera is positioned Low-Angle, exaggerate
below the subject and aimed upward, this tends to
_ ________ the size and volume of the subject.
Canted/Dutch Angle Where the angle leans to one side. Generally, the subject creates a diagonal line
in the frame.
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These aspects of film-making, which involve _________ or photographic, producing, images, cinematography
electronic aspects of ___________________ , fall under
the general heading of_______________ _.
Cinematography___________ work in concert with a Techniques, Mise En Scene, sound, meaning
film's mode of organization, it's _______________ and
editing, and it's _________ design to produce __________ _.
The most powerful uses of Cinematography do more Technical, emotional, intellectual, aesthetic
than simply display _______ expertise: they provoke
______________, ________________, and ___________ responses.
Cinematographers ____ to the audience in visual terms, Speak, images
using _______ the way writers use words.
To grasp the full import of visual expression, viewers must Selective, want, expect, used
move beyond __________Vision, which is the tendency
to notice only those things they ______ to see, they
___________ to see, and they are_______ to seeing.
Filmmakers use Cinematography to accomplish what 5 To develop characters. To tell a story. To produce a distinctive look. To suggest
main things? ideas. To evoke actions.
During the first ____ years of cinema, cinematography 100, analog, digital, non, CGI
was synonymous with photography. As electronic
technologies such as ________________ and ___________ video
recording have eclipsed traditional methods,
cinematography has come to include many ____-
photographic processes such as computer generated
imagery, also known as _.
The 4 Elements of Cinematography Camerawork, Lenses/Filters, Film Stock, Special Visual Effects
Camerawork involves both the _________ characteristics Spatial, Temporal
and __________ (also known as time-dependent)
characteristics of the film medium.
Shot Single uninterrupted series of frames, a film's basic unit of expression.
Scene When several shots are edited together, a coherent unit, one that has its own
beginning, middle and end.
, Storyboard A method for planning shots, a series of drawings that lays out the film
sequentially.
Set-ups Positioning actors, the camera, and lighting arrangement for each shot.
Take Each version of a shot.
Out-takes Rejected takes, ones that don't appear in the film.
Long-takes Uninterrupted shots of more than one minute.
Slow Motion When the camera records images at a speed faster than that at which it is
projected.
Fast Motion Images are recorded at a slower speed than the speed of projection.
Go Motion A technique that builds movement into single frames.
Time-Lapse Photography Process of recording a very small number of images over a long period of time.
Used to show nature and it's slow processes, like a flower blooming.
Frozen Time Moment Also known as Bullet-Time Moment. A shot where a single action is viewed
simultaneously from multiple vantage points.
Camera ______________ and _______________ determine the way placement, movement, perceive
viewers ________ characters, events, and objects in the
world on screen.
3 Important Variables for Any Shot Camera Height, Angle on the Action, Distance from the Action. To simplify it:
Height, Angle & Distance
Offscreen Space refers to spaces within the world of the permanently, excluded, vision
story that are temporarily or ____________________ _______________
from the viewer's ______ _.
The camera's height most frequently approximates an action, higher, lower
eye-level view of the action, but Eye-level Shots are
usually combined with shots from ____________ and ____________
vantage points.
_ _________ Shots are when the camera is positioned High-Angle, minimize
above the action and aimed downward, this tends to
_ ____ the subject.
_ __________ Shots are when the camera is positioned Low-Angle, exaggerate
below the subject and aimed upward, this tends to
_ ________ the size and volume of the subject.
Canted/Dutch Angle Where the angle leans to one side. Generally, the subject creates a diagonal line
in the frame.
